@github: If you’re not using a harness with your squad to do loop engineering, are you falling behind? If that sentence made you…
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GitHub promotes a podcast episode explaining current AI terminology developers are encountering, such as 'loops' and 'harnesses'.
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If you’re not using a harness with your squad to do loop engineering, are you falling behind?
If that sentence made you go , you’ll want to check out the latest GitHub Podcast episode, where we break down the AI lingo developers are hearing right now.
Get it wherever you listen to podcasts or find it here https://the-github-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/decoding-the-new-ai-lingo-loops-harnesses-squads-and-hill-climbing…
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