A coding agent’s harness can triple its cost without making it more accurate, study finds

Researchers held five models fixed across three production harnesses. A vendor’s own harness bought no edge, and the only effect that beat the noise was a…

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1. A coding agent’s harness can triple its cost without making it more accurate, study finds

   VentureBeat · 2026-10-23 21:53 UTC

   Researchers held five models fixed across three production harnesses. A vendor’s own harness bought no edge, and the only effect that beat the noise was a harness losing tasks.

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