The Harness Within the Harness: PR Council, a Runnable Experiment in Agentic Engineering
Taking the ideas from the series and turning them into a runnable experiment in agentic engineering.
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Dude, how does this help me?
Putting the pieces together: how I’m using agentic systems in my daily workflow and the patterns that have stuck along the way.
The Harness Within the Harness: Context as a Control Surface
A context parameter seemed like a small addition to my MCP tools. Then I watched the outer harness use it to steer an investigation, again and again.
The Harness Within the Harness: A Portable Application Boundary for Coding Agents
Keep the workflow, swap the coding harness: using MCP as a portable boundary around bounded, durable agent applications
Runtime QA: Give the Agent the Loop, Not the Last Word
Runtime QA is judgment from end to end, so let the agent own the investigative loop. Separate its judgment from reviewable mechanics, stop for the decisions that carry consequences, and leave the last word with a person.
The Complexities and Rewards of Open Sourcing Corporate Software Products
Two Salesforce engineers describe separating a Django API framework from a legacy application and navigating the process of releasing it as open source.
Originally published in Stack Overflow Blog.