> Markdown version of [/magazine/797-without-love-a-creative-coding-challenge-to-win-tickets-for-our-events-and-come-on-coffee-with-developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/797-without-love-a-creative-coding-challenge-to-win-tickets-for-our-events-and-come-on-coffee-with-developers). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Without love - a creative coding challenge to win tickets for our events and come on Coffee With Developers **By:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann) **Published:** November 3, 2026 [Math is beautiful – check it out on Codepen](https://codepen.io/editor/codepo8/pen/01a0cb4c-4d05-7b39-bcb3-5bad76ca53f7) At [WeAreDevelopers](https://wearedevelopers.com), we love to code. We love the concept of creating something from nothing, finding a solution for a problem and create something people can get excited about. That’s why we thought we’d give you a challenge to show what you can do with an [HTML document](https://github.com/codepo8/without-love/without-love.html) containing some wisdom by Lao-Tzu about what several concepts become when love is missing. We’ve used this to learn about some new(ish) things in CSS we hadn’t played with before and we encourage you to use this as an opportunity to try out something new. **There are no rules what you do with this and what tech you use**. - We will pick three winners in the next few weeks - We will invite them to a special edition of [Coffee With Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/coffee-with-developers) to talk about their submissions. This means that of course you can use AI to create your submission, but we also want you to be able to explain what you’ve done and why it works. - All winners get a free ticket to one of our events, either in [Berlin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress), [Bengaluru](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/conference-india) or [San Jose](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america). **You can [submit your solution as a pull request here](https://github.com/codepo8/without-love) - simply create a folder with your name and code in the entries folder**. - [Here are all the submissions so far](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/) - to start, Chris Heilmann added a [text mover](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/chris-heilmann/wo-mover.html) and a [simple shuffle effect](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/chris-heilmann/wo-shuffle.html). ## What about AI generated creativity? We asked a few of the leading models to take on the challenge and they fared quite differently. Here are the solutions with the readme files where the models waxed poetic about what they came up with: - [Claude Opus 5.5: Without love - flame](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Claude/without-love.html) - [Claude explanations](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Claude/) - [ChatGPT: Without love - light experience](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/ChatGPT/without-love-experience.html) - - [ChatGPT explanations](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/ChatGPT/) - [Copilot inline: Without love - only in head](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Copilot/without-love.html) - [Copilot full doc: Without love - full doc](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Copilot/without-love-interactive.html) - [Mistral: Without love - particles](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Mistral/without-love-lao-tzu.html) - [Mistral explanations](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Mistral/) - [Google Gemini](https://without-love-lao-tzu-generative-meditation.ai.studio) - [Google Gemini explanations](https://codepo8.github.io/without-love/entries/AI/Google-Gemini/) We reviewed the different outcomes in [WeAreDevelopers Live](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100623-like-peas-in-a-pod-what-happens-when-people-clone-your-app), here’s a highlight reel: https://www.youtube.com/embed/chjkKYSlknk Now it is your turn, show the world what adding some love can do. ## Related Articles - [WeAreDevelopers Roundup: Manufacturing Trust, Without Love Challenge and From India With Love](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/788-wearedevelopers-roundup-manufacturing-trust-without-love-challenge-and-from-india-with-love) - [Dev Digest 122 - Cracks in the polyfill](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/457-dev-digest-122-cracks-in-the-polyfill) - [Dev Digest 123 - Easy as A, B, C1](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/459-dev-digest-123-easy-as-a-b-c1) - [Dev Digest 113 - Debugging above the cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/422-dev-digest-113-debugging-above-the-cloud) ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Dapr / Pixels and Generative Art / Open Source and Communities / and more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1720-wearedevelopers-live-dapr-pixels-and-generative-art-open-source-and-communities-and-more) - [Devs vs. Marketers, COBOL and Copilot, Make Live Coding Easy and more - The Best of LIVE 2025 - Part 3](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1766-devs-vs-marketers-cobol-and-copilot-make-live-coding-easy-and-more-the-best-of-live-2025-part-3) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - The Shape of SVG to Come!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1938-wearedevelopers-live-the-shape-of-svg-to-come) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Did AI or JS break the web?, Finding gems in the days of AI and One thing developers really need to know ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1352-wearedevelopers-live-did-ai-or-js-break-the-web-finding-gems-in-the-days-of-ai-and-one-thing-developers-really-need-to-know) ## Related Jobs - [AI Software Engineer (Germany)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/48317-ai-software-engineer-germany) at **Sunhat** - [Senior AI Engineer (all genders welcome) - Developer Productivity & SDLC](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/4042368-senior-ai-engineer-all-genders-welcome-developer-productivity-sdlc) at **Rosenxt Group** - [Senior Web Software Architect, AI Experiences](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/4523834-senior-web-software-architect-ai-experiences) at **TeamViewer Germany GmbH** - [Junior Software Engineer, Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/4089391-junior-software-engineer-data) at **Almedia** - [Senior AI Frontend Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2552851-senior-ai-frontend-engineer) at **TeamViewer Germany GmbH,** - [Software Engineer - Video](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2600051-software-engineer-video) at **Twilio**