# Why Amp Became Sebastian's Default Coding Harness

DevFeed: [Why Amp Became Sebastian's Default Coding Harness](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/amped-up-33290.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3176-amped-up>)

Author: Freek Van der Herten (freek@spatie.be)

Published: 2026-08-11T10:30:28Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [freek.dev - all blogposts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freek-dev-all-blogposts.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [harness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/harness.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

Sebastian explains why Amp became his default coding harness, emphasizing user experience over model churn and describing AGENTS.md changes that reduced overzealous verification during everyday coding.

## Source excerpt

Sebastian explains why Amp became his default coding harness, and why user experience now matters more to him than model churn. He also shares the AGENTS.md tweaks that reduced overzealous verification during day-to-day coding. Read more