Agent Factory recap: Agent harnesses, shifting left, and autonomous coding
In this episode of The Agent Factory , we explore the reality of building with autonomous agents alongside Ryan Lopopolo, a software engineer at Google Cloud and the person who coi
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September 24, 2026
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In short: Agent Factory recap: Agent harnesses, shifting left, and autonomous coding
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##### Mollie Pettit Developer Relations Engineer ##### Smitha Kolan Senior Developer Relations In this episode of The Agent Factory, we explore the reality of building with autonomous agents alongside Ryan Lopopolo, a software engineer at Googl
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