A single improvement loop breaks in exactly four ways, every time, on schedule! The metric detaches from what it was meant to represent. Nothing inside the loop can question whether the target itself was ever right. Loops built separately end up fighting each other silently. And measurement quietly rots while the dashboard stays green. None of these are edge cases. They're the structural cost of building just one loop and walking away. This article explains how Graph Engineering fixes this. Bookmark so you do not lose it! Follow @neil_xbt for more AI content!