Series

Living in Color August

3 parts

August kickoff for AI in Living Color: Opus still daily, Sol as coding ceiling, Gemini Flash tiers eating computer-use, open-weight pressure rising, and why harness controls matter more than the logo on the model.

  1. Part 1 Aug 3, 2026

    Living in Color W31: What Actually Moved

    August kickoff for AI in Living Color: Opus still daily, Sol as coding ceiling, Gemini Flash tiers eating computer-use, open-weight pressure rising, and why harness controls matter more than the logo on the model.

  2. Part 2 Aug 10, 2026

    Living in Color W32: What Actually Moved

    Week of Aug 10: Muse Code as the new harness, SWE-Bench ProMax as the unsaturated refactor yardstick, and Qwen3.8-Max as open-weight Max-class pressure.

  3. Part 3 Aug 17, 2026

    Living in Color W33: What Is a Harness?

    August beginner deep dive: what a coding harness is, why the Bingo Board grades them, and how to pick one without drowning in brand names.