The Challenge

No careers page. No recruiters. If you want to build Honeycomb with us, do the following:

Pick one:

1. Context blob compressor. Design a codec that takes the "attention-state snapshot" of an LLM mid-task (think kv-cache + intent + tool state) and compresses it for bluetooth-class transfer between two machines. Prototype in Python. Show tradeoffs between compression ratio, decode latency, and fidelity loss. Include a 1-page rationale.
2. Nano banana runtime. Define the smallest indivisible execution unit for an agent task and implement the scheduler that executes a DAG of them with priority + retries + semantic caching. Demo with a toy DAG (5–15 nodes). Python or Rust.
3. Your own cracked idea. If you've stared at what we're building and think we missed something, ship it. Surprise us.

What to send:

• A link (GitHub, Gist, Loom, tarball — anything that opens)
• A 1-paragraph "why me on this" (not a bio, not a pitch — just the angle)
• One scar story (a thing you broke / learned from recently)

Send to:

hello@hny.computer — subject line starts with challenge:

What happens next:

• I read it. All of it. Not a recruiter.
• If it's cracked, you get a reply within 48h and a working session.
• No one gets a "we'll keep your resume on file" email. You'll hear yes or you won't hear.

— vedanth