The center of gravity in AI is shifting from prompts to harnesses: graph engineering is mostly old software architecture renamed, and most agents still do not need complex graphs unless workflows branch, verify, or require human approvals.

Multiple tweets converged on the same engineering thesis that the center of gravity is shifting from prompts to harnesses. The Turing Post made the cleaner systems point that graph engineering is mostly old software architecture renamed, and most agents still do not need complex graphs unless workflows branch, verify, or require human approvals. ✦ AI generated

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The center of gravity is shifting from prompts to harnesses: multiple tweets converged on the same engineering thesis. @unclebobmartin described an 'extreme constraints' workflow where trust comes from tests, QA, mutation testing, and metrics, not manual code review. @ThePrimeagen said he has become materially more positive on AI coding workflows, especially for large structural refactors. @TheTuringPost made the cleaner systems point: 'graph engineering' is mostly old software architecture renamed, and most agents still do not need complex graphs unless workflows branch, verify, or require human approvals.

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