Ralph loop sets fresh-context coding baseline

Ralph’s big idea is that reliability comes from externalized memory (files + git), not ever-growing chat context, which makes it a useful control pattern for testing agent workflows.

• –The repo positions Ralph as a repeatable PRD-driven loop: pick one story, implement, validate, commit, repeat.
• –Fresh-session iteration reduces context drift, but can trade off against continuity advantages in long, interconnected tasks.
• –The comparison framing is timely because teams are now choosing between monolithic iterative loops and multi-agent parallel execution.
• –As a workflow pattern, Ralph is less a single product feature and more an operating model developers can adapt across agent CLIs.