Orchestration > Autonomy.

The AI mainstream keeps repeating “harness > autonomy.” That’s correct. But the principle hasn’t changed.

I’ll just leave this here:

• July 12, 2025: Orchestration > Autonomy (The Product Compass): productcompass.pm/p/bui…

• February 5, 2026: Engineer the Harness (Mitchell Hashimoto coins the term): mitchellh.com/writing/m…

• March 30, 2026: the Stanford paper confirms 6x gains: arxiv.org/abs/2603.28052

Personal productivity aside, carefully orchestrated workflows win every time.

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