01

The day

Devin Hackathon: Agents Of Chaos. July 4, 2026, five hours of build at FUNK in Vancouver, then demos for the room. Laptops everywhere, a chess set that never stopped mid-game, and agents doing things their makers had to explain fast. We brought the Dark Crystal: fed it slop live, watched it refuse its own maker, and walked out with Best Agent with Questionable Intent. Michelle shot the whole day in black and white. Start here, with the room.

01.5

The full roll

Photography: Michelle Diamond, Diamond's Edge Photography. See the full hi-res gallery, or find her at diamondsedgephotography.com.

02

The event

The brief, the venue, the hosts, and the frame we were handed.

Devin Agents Of Chaos: July 4 AI Hackathon, Vancouver BC event cover art, presented by Cognition
The brief
The event art, straight off the Luma page
Kris Krüg kicked back on a couch at FUNK, cap and glasses, typing on a laptop with a plush otter and a desk lamp behind him
The build
Five hours, one couch, a laptop covered in every project that got us here
Event
Devin Hackathon: Agents Of Chaos, Vancouver
Venue
FUNK, Vancouver BC
Date
July 2026
Hosts
Jory and Jacky Zhong, Devin Events BC
Build partner
Devin, by Cognition
Schedule
Doors 9:00, opening 9:30, hacking 10:00, lunch 12:00, demos 3:00, done by 4:00
The frame
Confuse. Inspire. Troll. Unite. Disrupt. Automate. Explain. Parody. Repair. Legal chaos only, no real harm.
Event page
luma.com/vmerbbas
03

The prize categories

What got announced going in, and what the room actually judged on. Both, honestly, because they differ.

As announced
Best Overall, $1,000 Devin credit · Best Agent of Chaos, $500 · Best Agent for Good, $500 · Runner-ups, $200 each
As judged
Per an organizer follow-up after the event: three prizes, Most Chaotic! (grand prize), Best Agent for Good, and Best Agent with Questionable Intent, scored against a five-point rubric
04

Best agent with questionable intent

Cognition put $500 in Devin credits behind it and a certificate that reads, in full: “For exposing the strange edge of a system, bending the rules without losing the point, and making the room ask whether it should laugh or worry.” One of the main prizes on the table that night.

Certificate of Questionable Intent: Best Agent with Questionable Intent, $500 in Devin credits, awarded to Dark Crystal by Agents of Chaos, July 2026, presented by Cognition
Agents of Chaos · July 2026
The certificate, in full
Kris Krüg and a teammate holding the certificate, peace signs up
Agents of Chaos · July 2026
The crew, right after

Built by Kris Krüg, with Eduard Georgescu on QA and Michelle Diamond on documentation, the whole day.