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IMO, the problem with Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi is the harness quality and convincing the agents to do the exact things you need, to define workflows and make the agents stick to it. I didn't experience performance issues.

For example I have an agent in Claude Code that has strict rules to do something before implementing every phase in the plan. Sometimes it decides not to do it. "But, wait the feature is simple enough so I can proceed straight to implementation..."

Just because this is written in Rust won't solve the biggest issues most users have with coding agents.



But that‘s not an issue with the coding agent. It’s the model that doesn’t follow the instructions.

Given how an LLM works, you can never be sure it will always work. LLMs are not deterministic.


Isn't a harness supposed to guide and steer yhe coding agent?


While the harness can block certain actions (e.g., tool usage), it can’t enforce perfect adherence to instructions because the model itself is probabilistic. The harness can reduce deviations, but it can’t eliminate the fundamental unpredictability of LLMs.

The rules that are fed into the AI are not unbreakable laws to the AI. We should always remember that.




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