Why Software Factories Fail: The Harness Is Not Enough
Can a lights-off software factory, where no human reads or writes the code, really work? Bob and Alice unpack Dex Horthy's Why Software Factories Fail in 12 minutes: why coding agents erode codebase maintainability, and why harness engineering can't fix it. In this episode: - Why review became the bottleneck once agents write the code - Why models are rewarded for passing tests, not good design - What DORA and METR data say about stability and speed Sources: Dex Horthy; Carlos E. Jimenez et al.; Nathen Harvey and Derek DeBellis; METR Big AI ideas, made clear for builders. luongnv.com/podcast
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Based on Why Software Factories Fail by dex (@dexhorthy)