refinement pass

[ ri-FAHYN-muhnt pas ]noun

One round of handing the AI its own work back, along with what is wrong with it.

Explanation

Rounds are cheap, and they are not equal. One and two usually fix how things look. The real structural mistake tends to surface on three or four, once the obvious problems stop hiding it.

Related words

• the loop — The heart of vibe coding: ask, look at what came back, correct it, ask again, until it matches what you meant.
• Ralph loop — Running an AI at the same job over and over until the answer stops changing.