Developer Slows AI Agents with 10x More Test Harnesses

Developer cjimti shares his approach to agentic coding: adding 10x more test harnesses than any human team would tolerate, including mutation testing, purely to slow agents down. The idea has sparked discussion as a new school of constraining AI agents.

2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-24 · 2 related posts

• Devs add 10x more test harnesses just to slow down AI coding agents — cjimti · 2026-09-24
• Torturing agents with 10x test harnesses: a workflow for constraining coding AI — cjimti · 2026-09-24