Engineering Blog

Your Repo Is a Knowledge Graph. You Just Don't Query It Yet.

SCM is evolving into Source Context Management, enabling AI agents with rich, precomputed context to improve accuracy, speed, and reliability in software development.

Load Testing: An Essential Guide for 2026

AI is transforming load testing in 2026 with intelligent workload modeling, predictive bottleneck detection, and automated realistic simulations. Discover this essential guide to modern load testing best practices and tools.

Build Numbers That Actually Make Sense: Branch-Scoped Sequence IDs in Harness CI

Most CI tools use global build counters, causing confusion. Learn how Harness solves this with branch-scoped build numbers.

Architecting MCP for AI Agents: Lessons from Our Redesign

The Harness MCP v2 Server covers 125+ resource types across 30 toolsets with 11 tools and 26 prompt templates. It supports Cursor, Claude Code, and any MCP-compatible client.

The Agent-Native Repo: Why AGENTS.MD is the New Standard

Learn why AGENTS.md is becoming the standard for agent-native repositories and how it creates consistent, reliable behavior for AI coding agents.

API Failure: 7 Causes and How to Fix Them

An API failure is any response that doesn’t conform to the system’s expected behavior. Learn seven API failures and how to fix them.

From Chaos to Control: Vol 1

Introducing our new Database DevOps comic series, follow Captain Canary as he takes on the chaos of database deployments each month. Enjoy the read? Subscribe at the bottom so you don’t miss the next issue.

Engineering Metrics Success: Communicate Speed, Quality, and Business Outcomes

Learn about two industry patterns that quietly sabotage engineering metrics performance, and what actually works instead.

From Chef to Chief Architect: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Data Security

IBM's Devan Shah shares how to scale DevSecOps for 450+ devs, manage AI coding agents, and secure the "crown jewels" in the age of DSPM.

Top Continuous Integration Metrics Every Platform Engineering Leader Should Track

Track essential Continuous Integration metrics to boost developer productivity, reduce costs, and optimize pipelines. Learn how platform leaders drive results with CI metrics.

Unit Testing in CI/CD: How to Accelerate Builds Without Sacrificing Quality

Speed up your CI/CD builds with smarter unit testing strategies. Learn how AI-powered test optimization can give you faster feedback, lower costs, and better code quality.