SoftwareFactory : 0 --> 1 : Harness Engineering from First Principles

Harness Engineering from First Principles Most software teams use AI to generate snippets. What happens when we design a system where AI agents can reliably help build, ship, track, and improve entire software products? Software Hacktory: 0 → 1 is a practical workshop on harness engineering: building the surrounding systems, workflows, guardrails, integrations, and feedback loops that turn capable models into reliable software-building agents. Together, we’ll live-code a software factory using the DeepSeek harness and explore how to design an end-to-end software development lifecycle for agents—from an idea or ticket, through implementation and validation, to visibility into what happened along the way. We’ll cover: This is not a “press a button and let AI build your startup” session. It is a workshop on the engineering work that makes agentic software delivery actually useful: clear interfaces, good context, strong feedback loops, reliable tooling, evaluations, and human control where it matters. Expect a mix of first-principles explanation, live building, and hands-on experimentation. You’ll leave with a clearer mental model of harness engineering—and a working sense of how to begin building your own software factory from 0 to 1.