Loops are all the rage these days, but there are some primitives that I think needs to be understood first before going to the next level of abstraction which agentic loops unlocks. What is an agent, what is context window and its limit, what makes it possible to unlock long running task, the minimal setup needed.
The post basically talks about a dumb (minimal) setup and its dumb because its just a loop over claude code, but its simple and it works it what is makes is so interesting and when done right unlocks another level of productivity where one is not limited to their token budget.
I think loops serve a valuable purpose when the work needs to be repeatable and there’s a certain measure of precision involved. I do think, for more abstract problems, free thinking and open question prompting can really explore possibilities not otherwise thought of.
Context rot is always going to be a challenge and it evolves over time. It’s interesting to see the dumb harness idea, i do believe in taking large concepts and workshopping them at a smaller level to prototype and iterate quickly.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 19.0 ms ] threadLoops are all the rage these days, but there are some primitives that I think needs to be understood first before going to the next level of abstraction which agentic loops unlocks. What is an agent, what is context window and its limit, what makes it possible to unlock long running task, the minimal setup needed.
The post basically talks about a dumb (minimal) setup and its dumb because its just a loop over claude code, but its simple and it works it what is makes is so interesting and when done right unlocks another level of productivity where one is not limited to their token budget.
Have a read and let me know your thoughts.
Context rot is always going to be a challenge and it evolves over time. It’s interesting to see the dumb harness idea, i do believe in taking large concepts and workshopping them at a smaller level to prototype and iterate quickly.