Building AI Coding Agents: Designing the Right Harness is Hard
pranavmarla · x · 2026-08-15
A developer notes that while building a basic engineering harness is straightforward, designing the 'right' harness is extremely difficult. The core challenges involve deciding what context the model sees, how it navigates the codebase, how failures are fed back, and defining autonomous actions without degrading user experience.
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