The Coming Loop
The author discusses the shift from using AI coding agents to building 'harness' loops that manage and control agentic workflows. They express skepticism about the reliability of these automated loops for complex, high-stakes coding tasks.
Why it matters
It reflects a growing trend in software engineering where developers are moving beyond simple AI prompts toward autonomous, multi-step agentic systems.
I don’t prompt Claude anymore. I have loops running that prompt Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops.
The piece is a personal technical reflection on software development practices without political or social bias.
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