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stingraycharlestoday at 10:34 AM1 replyview on HN

That’s such a silly take.

“Our approach is harness-first engineering: instead of reading every line of agent-generated code, invest in automated checks that can tell us with high confidence, in seconds, whether the code is correct. “

that’s literally what The whole industry has been doing for decades, and spoiler: you still need to review code! it just gives you confidence that you didn’t miss anything.

Also, without understanding the code, it’s difficult to see its failure modes, and how it should be tested accordingly.


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menaerustoday at 10:35 AM

So you read the three-part series of blogs that are packed in details in 3 minutes after I shared the link and put yourself into a position of entitled opinion and calling my position a silly take? Sure thing.

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