Loop engineering: the AI workflow that is older than AI

Every few months the AI tooling scene names a new way of working. Prompt engineering . Vibe coding . Context engineering. Agentic workflows . Each one arrives with a manifesto, a wave of LinkedIn posts, and a quiet death about two hype cycles later. So when I say I spent an afternoon doing "loop engineering" on my own blog, I understand the eye roll. But I think, loop engineering is the one that…