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62 lines
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# Parallelization Strategy
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### Core Principle
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> Parallelize across boundaries, serialize within them.
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The quality of parallelization is directly determined by the quality of interface definitions.
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### The Diamond Pattern
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```
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Planning (narrow, serial)
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↓
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Fan Out (parallel execution)
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↓
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Convergence (integration verification)
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↓
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Fan Out (next parallel set)
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```
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### Phase-by-Phase Strategy
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#### Planning: Mostly Serial, with Parallel Spikes
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- High-level decomposition must be serial (one coherent act of reasoning)
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- **Parallelize uncertainty resolution:** Multiple spikes investigating different risks simultaneously
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- Output: A dependency graph that explicitly identifies what can be parallelized
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#### Execution: Massive Parallelization with Right Topology
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| Work Type | Strategy |
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|-----------|----------|
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| **Independent leaf tasks** | Embarrassingly parallel — one agent per module |
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| **Dependent chains** | Serial within chain, but chains run in parallel |
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| **Convergence points** | Strictly serial — integration verification |
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**Critical insight:** The frontend doesn't need the real API — it needs the API *contract*. Once contracts exist, both sides build in parallel.
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#### Testing: The Most Interesting Story
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- **Unit tests:** Same agent, same context, atomic with code
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- **Cross-task tests:** All parallel by definition
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- **Integration tests:** Parallel across different boundaries
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- **E2E tests:** Serial (exercises whole system)
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#### Verification: Deliberate Redundancy
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- **Adversarial verification:** Separate reviewer agent with fresh context evaluates against spec
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- **Red-team parallelism:** Agent tries to break the implementation
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### Coordination Rules
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- Agents communicate through the **filesystem**, never directly
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- Each agent works on a **branch** — merge on success, discard on failure
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- One agent per file at a time (file locking)
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- Optimal concurrency: **3–8 simultaneous agents** for most projects
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### Anti-Patterns
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- ❌ Don't parallelize tasks that modify the same files
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- ❌ Don't parallelize interacting decisions
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- ❌ Don't skip convergence/integration verification
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- ❌ Don't over-parallelize (coordination tax eats gains above ~8 agents)
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