Battle of the Bots 2.0: AI Agents Unleashed

Battle of the Bots is back and louder for 2026. Last time we lined up Aider, Goose, Devin, Cursor, and Claude Code. This round, we are leveling up and bringing new capabilities into the arena: Claude Code, Cursor, Goose, OpenAI Codex, and antigravity.

AI engineering leaders Calvin Hendryx-Parker (Six Feet Up CTO) and Travis Frisinger (8th Light Technical Director of AI) will test these agents in real-world dev chaos: refactoring apps, navigating huge repos, and wrangling git inside environments that actually look like yours.

This is a working session with live coding, friendly trash talk, and strong opinions. No fluff. No safe demos.

You will walk away ready to:‍

• Plug Claude, Cursor, Goose, Codex, and antigravity into your existing stack.
• Spot which agents can handle production and which still need babysitting.
• Evaluate AI coding tools for fit, cost, security, and code hygiene to make smart, maintainable, long-term choices.

Didn’t catch the original Battle of the Bots?

👉 Watch Choosing the Right AI Coding Partner here: https://sixfeetup.com/company/news/battle-of-the-bots-choosing-the-right-ai-coding-partner

Brought to you by Six Feet Up and 8th Light.