Solving a Rubik's cube with Jev in 17 decisions for about $0.0007

Peter Dedene @dedeneOriginally posted 2026.09.21

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Built a Rubik's cube solver with @typesafeai's Jev 🤓 Jev picks every step, live, with a graph showing the stickers sliding along their orbits. No solver library is involved. Jev doesn't know cube algorithms either. The trick: code generates legal steps for the current stage and describes what each one does. Jev only judges "which of these 12 is best." 17 decisions later, the cube is solved. The cost? ≈ $0.0007 🤯