I’m thinking a lot lately about how we use agents in the path to production, including infrastructure engineering and managing operational quality. I’m speaking on this at PlatformCon 2026. You can download the slides for my humans on the loop presentation now.
Some of the influences for this talk
Harness engineering for coding agent users, Birgitta Böckeler
Harness engineering beyond skills: Using sensors to keep your coding agent in check, (Video) Birgitta Böckeler, Chris Ford
How I Use AI to Code, Chris Parsons
As we build, so we believe, Adam Jacob
Skills Are Context, and Context Needs Tests, Paul Stack
