ISUCON 2026 finalist says the tuning contest became a whole different game with AI
tkasasagi · x · 2026-11-01
Team Anago (iwiwi et al.) finished 3rd on the frozen leaderboard at ISUCON 2026, Japan's performance-tuning contest. iwiwi reflected that since much of the work was outside his specialty, the contest turned into a "different game" of coaching and learning from AI — and it was genuinely fun and educational. The attached image shows the final ranking with Anago at 473,121 points.
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