Are You Suffering From Prompt-Loop Fatigue? Why AI Coding Feels Like Riding a Bike That Brakes Every 30 Seconds
AI coding tools were supposed to be a bicycle for the mind. Instead, they’ve created Prompt-Loop Fatigue โ a cycle of prompting, waiting, and reviewing that shatters developers’ flow state. The real shift happening isn’t better models or fancier orchestration tools. It’s a move from synchronous interruption to ambient, asynchronous assistance. Developers are rediscovering that trust, clarity, and patience beat constant micromanagement.