The Coming Loop

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The article argues that coding is shifting from direct human prompting to machine-orchestrated loops that manage tasks across multiple agent sessions. It says these loops already work well for code porting, research, benchmarking, and security scanning, but they often produce code that is harder for humans to understand and maintain. It also warns that teams may become dependent on machine participation for writing, reviewing, debugging, and even communicating about software. The piece concludes that software teams will need better ways to keep human judgment, comprehensibility, and engineering discipline intact as loop-based systems spread.

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