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Beyond the model: Engineering AI infra with scientific judgement

Sep 15, 2026AirbnbEng
Beyond the model: Engineering AI infra with scientific judgement
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This post details the evolution of the Insight Miner agent harness, emphasizing its expansion beyond technical teams to operations and product-insights. It highlights the UI improvements that increase expert participation and the use cases for non-coders. It also discusses the role of other agentic systems in maintaining and improving the harness, and frames harnesses as a new category of full-stack infrastructure critical for AI-first knowledge work, accumulating proprietary data, workflow integration, and expert taste.