Ralph Wiggum: Continuous Agent Loops in Claude Code
When did Claude Code become so popular? Has vibe coding reached it’s peak?
And when did people realize that it’s actually pretty meta? Apparently it wasn’t when they renamed the Claude Code SDK to the Agent SDK.
It took Ralph Wiggum for Claude Code to go mainstream.
TL;DR
Ralph Wiggum = a simple loop that keeps running Claude Code forever (like Ralph doing something simple on repeat).
Ralph is a development methodology based on continuous AI agent loops. [Ref]
So what is the Ralph Wiggum Plugin for Claude Code, exactly?
Implementation of the Ralph Wiggum technique for iterative, self-referential AI development loops in Claude Code.
So what’s the Ralph Wiggum technique?
Ralph is a bash loop
while :; do cat PROMPT.md | claude-code ; done
Ralph can replace the majority of outsourcing at most companies for greenfield projects. It has defects, but these are identifiable and resolvable through various styles of prompts.
That's the beauty of Ralph - the technique is deterministically bad in an undeterministic world.
Ralph can be done with any tool that does not cap tool calls and usage.
”Ralph Wiggum as a "software engineer,” by Geoffrey Huntley
We can build lots of stuff with the Ralph primitive. We can get VERY meta.
Join us live to dive deep down the rabbit hole in this one!
🤓 Who should attend
Engineers & scientists that love computers and AI.
Anyone curious to learn about the Ralph Wiggum Technique
Speaker Bios
Dr. Greg” Loughnane is the Co-Founder & CEO of AI Makerspace, where he is an instructor for The AI Engineering Bootcamp, the longest-running AI Engineering bootcamp on Maven. Since 2021, he has built and led industry-leading Machine Learning education programs. Previously, he worked as an AI product manager, a university professor teaching AI, an AI consultant and startup advisor, and an ML researcher. He loves trail running and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
Chris “The Wiz” Alexiuk is the Co-Founder & CTO at AI Makerspace, where he is an instructor for The AI Engineering Bootcamp, the longest-running AI Engineering bootcamp on Maven. During the day, he is also a Developer Advocate at NVIDIA. Previously, he was a Founding Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, and ML curriculum developer and instructor. He’s a YouTube content creator whose motto is “Build, build, build!” He loves Dungeons & Dragons and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Follow AI Makerspace on LinkedIn and YouTube to stay updated about workshops, new courses, and corporate training opportunities.