Retry logic solves the tool call. Loop engineering solves everything above it. Most teams have the first. Almost no one has the second -- and that gap is exactly what production exposes.

In this episode:
- The Gap Retry Logic Doesn't Close
- Six Loop Archetypes -- Know Which One You're Running
- Why Loops Are the Billing Multiplier Nobody Puts in the Estimate
- The Five Loop Failure Modes
- Six Engineering Principles
- When to Use Loops (And When Not To)

You will leave with a concrete pre-deployment checklist and the architectural frame that the model providers don't ship with the SDK. Practical, production-focused, no doom.

Signal Over Noise is a weekly intelligence briefing on Agentic AI for enterprise technology leaders and builders, hosted by Srini Karlekar.