Harness Engineering & Building a Software Factory

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-london-presents-harness-engineering-amp-building-a-software-factory/. GDG Cloud London is thrilled to be partnering with EPAM for a deep dive into the world of Harness Engineering and AI Agents. This meet-up is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts, industry practitioners, and researchers in a dynamic and interactive setting. We are going to have some pizza and networking at the end! Don't miss out, RSVP now!AGENDA 18:00 - Doors Open & Check-ins 18:30 - Welcome & Intro 18:40 - Darren Lester - From Vibing Chaos to Reliable Agents: Harness Engineering and Spec-Driven Development in the Google Ecosystem Vibe coding delivers rapid weekend prototypes, but unconstrained vibing inevitably collapses into hallucination, alert fatigue, purpose drift, and architectural tech-debt. Upgrading your model won’t fix structural flaws: the model is merely the driver, while the entire race car is the harness. Guided by the maxim "If it's not the model, it's the harness" and the formula "Agent = Model + Harness", Google Developer Expert Darren "Dazbo" Lester unpacks Harness Engineering. Discover why the model is a commodity while your harness is your true intellectual property. You will learn how to shift developer interventions left by uniting Context Engineering, Autonomous Loop Engineering, and Spec-Driven Development (SDD), leveraging Google Antigravity.