The pursuit of the harder problem

Find the corner
it can't reach.

Villix is a quest to find the problems AI still gets wrong. Bring your technical judgment. Make the next challenge count.

For people who look a little closer.

Fig. 01 / The odd one8 × 7
Most answers fit the pattern.Find the one that doesn't.
Independent mindsHard, fair problemsHuman-verifiable answersShared progress

01 / The quest

The next leap starts
with a better question.

A convincing answer is easy to accept.
A useful challenge asks for proof.

Villix brings curious technical minds together around a shared pursuit: finding where AI's capabilities end, and helping move that boundary.

It takes an engineer who notices the missing case. A researcher who questions the result. A person who keeps looking after the answer seems obvious.

Find your place in the quest

02 / How it works

Good questions.
Solid evidence.

The work is careful. The idea is simple.
Find a gap, prove it, make it useful.

/01

Find it. Define it.

Research a real repository and pin the starting commit. Write an original, clear problem brief, then have a human refine and approve the expected behavior.

RESEARCH / ORIGINALITY / HUMAN APPROVAL
/02

Build the proof.

Create the tests, reference solution, and reproducible environment. Show that the baseline fails for the intended reason and the solution passes. Check quality, coverage, and fairness.

BRIEF / TESTS / SOLUTION / ENVIRONMENT
/03

Try it. Learn. Refine.

Run complete, unhinted agent batches. Inspect real solves and test gaps, repair the evidenced cause, and repeat the affected checks. Final review leads to a human submission.

AGENT TRIALS / REPAIR / REVIEW / HANDOFF

A look inside the process

Step inside
the workroom.

Find a real problem. Write a clear brief. Build the tests and solution. Watch independent agents try it, inspect the evidence, and refine the work.

Watch the animated workflow
Villix workroom8 chapters / Press play
A small world for serious workEight workstations show repository research, the brief, building, tests, quality review, agent trials, repairs, and the final human handoff.VILLIX / THE QUEST LAB
One idea. A complete trail of evidence.

03 / Find your field

Different minds.
One shared pursuit.

Bring what you know deeply.
Stay curious about what you don't.

FIELD / 01

Software engineering

Real systems. Difficult bugs. The cases that a clean-looking patch can miss.

FIELD / 02

AI evaluation

Look past a plausible answer. Find out whether the reasoning holds.

FIELD / 03

Math & science

Follow the proof, question the assumption, and make every step count.

FIELD / 04

Agents & tooling

Test what happens when a model has to plan, use tools, and finish the work.

The principle

Hard enough to matter.
Clear enough to prove.

A challenge should reveal a limit through evidence.
That is what makes the work worth doing.

04 / Your next move

There's a place
for your curiosity.

You don't need to have every answer.
Start by asking a harder question.