'I remember when I was the harness for o1 pro' — dev on becoming the API for his model
timigod · x · 2026-10-16
Developer timigod recalls how, for most programming issues, o1 pro was the problem solver while he served as "the API for tool use" — talking to Copilot and copying/pasting code both ways. His quip "I remember when I was the harness for o1 pro" captures how the engineer's role has shifted in the AI coding era.
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