just use loops
a concise cost-model reality check against agent maximalism; useful framing for when interactive prompting may still be the saner default.
What it is: Gergely Orosz pushing back on the blanket “just use loops” advice for coding agents.
Gist: his claim is that autonomous loop-heavy agent workflows mainly make sense for the relatively small set of people with effectively unlimited token budgets and enough friction with prompt-driven workflows to justify the spend.
Newsletter angle: the real constraint on agent autonomy may be economics, not just capability.
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