Loop Engineering: The #1 Skill DevOps Engineers Are Missing in 2026

Most engineers are still babysitting their AI agents - pressing Enter, reviewing every step, staying glued to the screen. Loop engineering is how you stop doing that. In this episode, Andrei, Fernando, and Vladimir break down what loop engineering actually is, how to architect an outer loop around your agent harness, and why your goal criteria and context management make or break the whole thing. They also get into a real-world use case: using batch alert processing with an AI agent to cut through Slack noise, find root causes faster, and do the work no one on your team wants to touch. What's covered: What loop engineering is and why it matters now The ROFL loop pattern and how tools like RolfHex productize it Context window management strategies (summarization vs. restart vs. subagents) Greenfield development in long-running sessions — does it actually work? Batch alert processing: why running an agent on every alert is the wrong move Multi-model loops: executor + reviewer patterns and when they're worth the cost The token cost reality — your loop goes as far as your wallet does Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction 01:20 – What is loop engineering? 04:37 – Context window management strategies 08:07 – Built-in loop tools: /goal in Codex & Claude Code 09:00 – Using external systems as agent memory 10:22 – Long-running sessions: does it actually work? 14:33 – Real DevOps use case: AI agent for alert processing 17:39 – Why per-alert agents is the wrong approach 19:10 – Batch processing & root cause analysis 22:21 – Loop engineering as the challenge of 2026 22:50 – Piping harnesses & RolfHex tool deep dive 25:25 – The token cost reality 26:50 – Multi-model loops: executor + reviewer patterns 28:38 – Does code quality still matter? 30:43 – Wrap-up __________________________________________________ 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes 👉 Explore B.O.R.I.S, context layer for the infrastructure: https://getboris.ai Follow Andrey Devyatkin on LinkedIn:   / andreydevyatkin   Follow Fernando Goncalves on LinkedIn:   / aicloudengineer   Follow B.O.R.I.S on LinkedIn:   / sirob-technologies   #DevOps #AgenticAI #AIAgents #Automation #BORIS