The AI coding fight just moved from the model to the harness
THE SO WHAT
If Cursor can justify price hikes and usage-based billing while being acquired for $60B, the economic center of gravity in AI coding is clearly the harness — workflow, context, and integration — not the underlying model. Engineering leaders should be negotiating on harness value and control, not just which LLM sits behind it.
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