The loop I didn't notice closing

Seven weeks ago I started using AI for work. Two weeks after that, I published an article. Seven weeks after that — today — the article is one of sixteen, and they are all in a memory file that the AI reads at the start of every new conversation.

I didn't notice the loop until I named it.

This is a note about that loop, what it is, what it isn't, and why I keep publishing even though the loop doesn't strictly need me to.

The shape