@MasterDotDev: Hot take from @scotups : “Models don't really matter anymore. Whoever makes the best harness wins.” OpenCode, OpenClaw…
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A hot take from scotups argues that models are no longer the differentiator; instead, building the best harness (e.g., OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi) is key, as discussed in a course on Harness Engineering & Agent Orchestration.
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Hot take from @scotups : “Models don’t really matter anymore. Whoever makes the best harness wins.”
OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, Pi, all just harnesses around the same underlying models. The winners aren’t picking the “best” model. They’re building the best harness.
From our Harness Engineering & Agent Orchestration course.
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