Theo writes the definitive explainer on what an AI coding "harness" actually is
pvncher · x · 2026-10-23
Theo (t3.gg) published an article titled "What is a 'harness'?" because he was tired of explaining the concept with no single resource available. The piece aims to give a proper definition of the engineering shell that wraps an LLM so it can actually perform coding tasks, so readers can fully understand the term afterwards.
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