# Practical Loop Engineering

DevFeed: [Practical Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/practical-loop-engineering-18058.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://addyo.substack.com/p/practical-loop-engineering>)

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-08-14T14:30:53Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Elevate](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elevate.md>)

Topics: [Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/loop-engineering.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Scripting, bash](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting-bash.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [loops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loops.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article about practical loop engineering for AI-assisted software development. It describes running multiple agents in parallel, delegating bounded tasks with explicit stopping conditions, and using goal- and timer-based loops in Claude Code and Codex. It emphasizes careful supervision and well-defined goals and constraints, especially for complex or high-risk codebases.

## Source excerpt

Goals, loops, and the discipline of not delegating your judgment