{"slug": "ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs", "title": "Ask HN: When did we go from agentic loops to graphs?", "summary": "An AI engineer on Hacker News questions whether the shift in terminology from prompts and agentic loops to graphs represents genuine progress or is driven by a desire to appear close to the action. The post, which notes applications are open until July 27, reflects ongoing debate about the evolution of AI engineering concepts.", "body_md": "| ||||||||||||\n1 point by |\nThe AI engineering conversation seems to be shifting daily: from prompts, loops, to now graphs. I’m curious whether there is genuine progress happening in the field that has given me so much or whether folks are creating terminology because they want to feel closer to action or be able to say they predicted the next big thing. | |||||||||||\nApplications are open till July 27. |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136426", "published_at": "2026-08-01 17:23:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-01 17:52:47.037157+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-when-did-we-go-from-agentic-loops-to-graphs.jsonld"}}