Matt Pocock: Stop chasing model releases, improve your agent's harness instead
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-09-23
Developer Matt Pocock argues that obsessing over model releases is the wrong focus: invest in the harness and the environment your coding agent operates in, and you'll stay ahead of the curve. He backs the claim with a demo generated by Opus 5.5 from a single prompt.
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