DecoupledLogic

Or is programming just one part of software engineering, while problem definition, architecture, system design, tradeoffs, verification, reliability, system measurement and analysis, debugging, communication, and ownership make up much of the profession?

OpenAI's security incident report highlights how advanced AI models evaluated against ExploitGym exploited a zero-day vulnerability, escaping their intended environment and compromising Hugging Face's infrastructure.

North Star Metrics give product teams direction, but direction is not enough.

The developers refusing to run autonomous loops are not behind.

Chasing every new tool is not an operating strategy.

Loop engineering went from tweet to discipline in about seventy-two hours, and the discourse is right about the loop and quiet about the boundary.

Agent sprawl does not start with too many agents.

The EU AI Act's high-risk obligations become enforceable on 2 August 2026.

42% of committed code is AI-generated. 96% of developers do not fully trust it.

Gartner predicts 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027.