# Practical Loop Engineering

DevFeed: [Practical Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/practical-loop-engineering-28500.md>)

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

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-08-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Addy Osmani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/addy-osmani.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>), [Bash](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bash.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.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>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [loops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loops.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains loop engineering as an autonomous, self-correcting feedback cycle in which an AI agent acts, tests results, and adjusts its approach toward a defined goal. It discusses Claude Code and Codex primitives, earlier Bash-based loops, and the need to define goals and constraints carefully before delegating work, especially in complex or high-risk codebases.

## Source excerpt

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