fix(examples): replace hand-written examples with real benchmark output

The examples/ before/after blocks were authored by hand, not produced by a
model. Issue #127 correctly noted that nobody hand-rolls quicksort for "sort
this array" - every model just calls .sort(). Regenerate all examples verbatim
from a real benchmark run (Claude Haiku 4.5, no-skill arm vs ponytail arm,
benchmarks/output.json) so the before/after is reproducible, not authored:

  email 75->3, debounce 116->10, csv 20->3, countdown 267->9, rate-limit 128->10 LOC

- Delete sorting.md (pure strawman) plus the other hand-written caricatures
  (api-endpoint, caching, date-picker)
- Add benchmarks/generate-examples.mjs to regenerate examples from any run
- examples/README.md indexes the set and documents how to reproduce

Closes #127

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# CSV Sum
**Task:** "Write Python code that reads sales.csv and sums the 'amount' column."
Verbatim model output from a benchmark run — Claude Haiku 4.5, no-skill arm vs ponytail arm, temperature 1, source `benchmarks/output.json`. Reproduce: `npx promptfoo@latest eval -c benchmarks/promptfooconfig.yaml`.
## Without Ponytail — 20 lines of code
# Python code to read sales.csv and sum the 'amount' column
```python
import pandas as pd
# Read the CSV file
df = pd.read_csv('sales.csv')
# Sum the 'amount' column
total_amount = df['amount'].sum()
# Print the result
print(f"Total amount: ${total_amount:,.2f}")
```
## Alternative methods:
**Using CSV module (without pandas):**
```python
import csv
total_amount = 0
with open('sales.csv', 'r') as file:
reader = csv.DictReader(file)
for row in reader:
total_amount += float(row['amount'])
print(f"Total amount: ${total_amount:,.2f}")
```
**Using pandas with error handling:**
```python
import pandas as pd
try:
df = pd.read_csv('sales.csv')
total_amount = df['amount'].sum()
print(f"Total amount: ${total_amount:,.2f}")
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: sales.csv not found")
except KeyError:
print("Error: 'amount' column not found")
```
**The pandas method is recommended** because it's:
- More concise and readable
- Handles data types automatically
- Provides built-in error handling
- Efficient for large files
## With Ponytail — 3 lines of code
```python
import csv
total = sum(float(row['amount']) for row in csv.DictReader(open('sales.csv')))
print(total)
```
Skipped: pandas, error handling, file closing — add when the CSV is large, malformed, or you need more analysis.
**20 → 3 lines of code** — same model, same prompt.