Dev lesson: harness design mattered more than model choice
rudrank · x · 2026-09-17
Developer Rudrank shares a takeaway from building something with a model he never expected to use: what the harness asked of the model mattered more than which model he picked — and the setup turned out cheap and fast. A short but practical note suggesting harness design beats model chasing for AI app work.
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