@GergelyOrosz: It’s now been closer to a year for everyone trying and using various AI coding harnesses, and a bunch of folks found th…
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The author notes that after a year of AI coding harness adoption, developers often use multiple tools in companies, but consolidation is expected due to consistency, cost, and compliance reasons.
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It’s now been closer to a year for everyone trying and using various AI coding harnesses, and a bunch of folks found their favorite.
So inside any given with “use what works for you” guidances company 100 devs will use 5-8 different ones
Only a matter of time to centrally consolidate and have 1 or 2… because consistency, costs, compliance, same config etc etc
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