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Harness Engineering · Manifesto

Why Vibe Coding Breaks at Scale: The Case for Harness Engineering

When AI coding assistants generate code faster than teams can verify it, software entropy accelerates. Here is why deterministic human checkpoints and persistent memory are the missing operating layer for production codebases.

September 18, 2026 • 6 min read • By Krishna & Oystro Team

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