{"url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/67/what-happens-when-ai-runs-out-of-text-harnesses-could", "author": {"handle": "brendancodykenny", "name": "Brendan Cody-Kenny", "headline": "Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A", "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny"}, "post": {"id": 67, "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/67/what-happens-when-ai-runs-out-of-text-harnesses-could", "kind": "published", "summary": "What happens when AI runs out of text? Harnesses could connect code, deployment and real economic feedback.", "details": ["Programming offers near-endless reinforcement: generate problems, compile, test and execute code against objective feedback.", "Harness engineering extends CI/CD: agents build, verify, deploy, observe and improve software continuously.", "Stripe closes the commercial loop: usage shows interest; billing, retention, refunds and churn reveal willingness to pay.", "Build \u2192 Test \u2192 Deploy \u2192 Observe \u2192 Bill \u2192 Learn \u2192 Repeat.", "Models may become commodities like spell-check. The value shifts to harnesses and feedback loops connecting AI to the real world."], "links": [], "tags": ["ai", "harness-engineering", "reinforcement-learning", "saas", "software-engineering"], "happened_on": null, "created": "2026-10-12T08:56:50.898320Z", "edited": null}}