Synchronizing with others is painful in proportion to how fast you could go alone.

· Bits and Bobs 3/23/26
  • Synchronizing with others is painful in proportion to how fast you could go alone.
    • Synchronization points are the main slowdown in projects with multiple workstreams.
      • You have to wait for the other stream to get to its sync point.
      • If you get there ahead of them, you have to busy-wait.
    • Synchronizing with external stakeholders about the thing you're working on with agent swarms is excruciating.
      • You don't need to sync with your agent swarm, they just fly.
    • The other human you're coordinating with can ask questions that are already eras obsolete even the next day because of how much progress the agents have made in the meantime.

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