Building AI bots on raw APIs? Devs say models are 'dumb without the harness'
madeofAjala · x · 2026-10-26
Developer bvchidra vented that models feel surprisingly dumb when you wire them up raw via API to build a bot — the harness does the heavy lifting. Replying, madeofAjala's advice: build your own harness tailored to your own needs and use cases instead of relying on defaults. A relatable pain point for anyone shipping AI apps: the gap between raw model capability and usable output is mostly engineering scaffolding.
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