Code Evaluation Shows Harness Impacts Cost
HankYeomans · x · 2026-07-09
The post references an evaluation based on real-world coding tasks: for the same model, choosing a different harness can result in a cost difference of about 2x. It also notes that Pi outperforms Claude Code in certain tests, and when paired with GLM 5.2, it delivers better results at a lower cost.
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