Harness Engineering is not Enough: Why Software Factories Fail

Official Schedule Context

• Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 4:30pm-4:50pm
• Track/room: Software Factories · Main Stage
• Speaker(s): Dex Horthy
• Session type/status: keynote · confirmed

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Related YouTube Video

No Vibes Allowed: Solving Hard Problems in Complex Codebases – Dex Horthy, HumanLayer (speaker-match related prior/adjacent AI Engineer video; captions: English auto-captions).

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