Xing 4.0 vs Inkling
Xing 4.0 took 25 min 32 s and was free at list price, Inkling took 7 min 51 s and $0.19 at list price. Xing 4.0 took 3.3× as long.
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Watch
Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
About
Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words.
Patchbay is a compact, three-person workshop rooted in the dynamic streets of Rotterdam, born from a shared reverence for analog sound. Our team shares an unwavering dedication to vintage synthesizers, viewing each oscillator, filter, and routing cable as a vital piece of sonic history waiting to be restored. Whether diagnosing a failing voltage regulator or carefully retrofitting obsolete components, we take immense pride in bringing classic instruments back to their full potential. In our studio, repairing isn't just a technical service—it is a shared passion among friends who believe the past deserves to keep playing. We meticulously diagnose and revive legacy synths, ensuring the iconic sounds of yesterday continue shaping today’s electronic music. Bring us your dented, broken machines, and let us help you reconnect them with the rich, unmistakable sounds they were always meant to make. Every patch, every knob, every fleeting tone depends on the work we do here.
Patchbay is a three-person repair studio in Rotterdam dedicated to vintage synthesizers. We work on analog circuits, replace failing capacitors and resistors, calibrate unstable oscillators, and restore instruments that have been silent for years. Our bench sees early Japanese mono synths, European string machines, American polys, and large modular systems. We treat each repair as a specific problem rather than a routine job, because these machines were built differently and fail differently. The studio grew out of our own need for careful, local repairs. Over time, musicians, collectors, and producers across the Netherlands started bringing us gear they could not trust elsewhere. We open every case with the same approach: diagnose the fault properly, use appropriate parts, and test the result thoroughly. We do not apply quick fixes or ignore underlying issues. Whether your synthesizer suffers from tuning drift, dead voices, noisy outputs, or an unknown electrical fault, we are in Rotterdam to find the cause and return it to reliable working condition.
Specs and numbers
| Xing 4.0 | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | XingChen | Thinking Machines |
| Made in | China | US |
| Released | 16 Oct 2026 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0/M) | free route (list $1.00/M) |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0/M) | free route (list $4.05/M) |
| Context | 262,144 tokens | 524,288 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | — | 4 |
| Time for the five prompts | 25 min 32 s | 7 min 51 s |
| List price of the five prompts | free | $0.19 |
Xing 4.0 was free at list price; Inkling cost $0.19. Inkling was faster: 17 min 41 s less in total, and faster on each of the 5 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play. Xing 4.0's landing page showed a blank first frame when the still was taken. Xing 4.0 has no logo: doesn’t draw (an SVG file without the SVG namespace, which browsers draw as an empty box).
Rebuild this screen experiment: Inkling's rebuild matched the screenshot at 51%; Xing 4.0 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Inkling's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Xing 4.0 was not in it.