Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

Ralph Loop

// What it actually means

A technique where the same prompt is fed to a coding agent again and again in a loop, each run picking up where the last one stopped, until the task list is finished. Named after Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons.

// The diagnosis

Asking the same question until the answer is yes. Works on agents. Worked on your parents. The agent never gets tired, which is more than can be said for your parents.

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