Stack Overflow podcast: Microsoft's Jay Parikh on building 'more than just an agent harness'

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Recorded live at Microsoft Build, Microsoft VP of AI Core Jay Parikh argues that what enterprises need to run agents at scale with demonstrable ROI goes well beyond the harness layer — the orchestration loop is table stakes, and the missing pieces are identity, evaluation, and cost attribution. Single-source and vendor-framed, but it's a useful counterweight to the current wave of harness-engineering content.