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Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)
The captured HN comments frame software factories as more than a code-generation problem: human intent, subjective design quality, review burden, and safeguards all shape commenters’ accounts.
Why it matters: For teams considering agent-driven development, the comments point to separate questions: how to elicit intent, what quality checks can measure, where human judgment remains necessary, and whether the workflow suits the codebase.
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