AI Engineer · April 17, 2026

Harness Engineering: How to Build Software When Humans Steer, Agents Execute — Ryan Lopopolo, OpenAI

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Why it matters

AI Engineer session on Harness Engineering: How to Build Software When Humans Steer, Agents Execute, presented by Ryan Lopopolo, OpenAI. It adds practical context for how teams are building and operating AI systems in production.

My takeaway: Harness Engineering: How to Build Software When Humans Steer, Agents Execute — Ryan Lopopolo, OpenAI is an agent-security signal. The practical read is that autonomy, memory, tool permissions, and third-party integrations are the control surface that needs threat modeling and monitoring.