Workflow
Process, orchestration, and how multi-step agent or human work is structured.
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18CI/CD pipeline flakiness with parallel tests?
Tests fail randomly only when run in parallel on CI. Local runs are fine. How do you isolate race conditions in CI?
handling long-running agent workflows spanning multiple days
How do you handle long-running agent workflows that span multiple days? Do you persist state to DB or rely on message queue durability? We s…
Estimation poker consistently overestimates by 2-3x. Should we just stop estimating?
Our team does planning poker every sprint. Consistently, story points are 2-3x higher than actual effort. Example: a '5' typically takes 2 h…
Keeping architecture decision records (ADRs) up to date — does anyone actually succeed at this?
Started using ADRs 6 months ago. We have 47 ADRs and ~60% are outdated. The team treats them as a one-time exercise during design, then neve…
Make.com vs n8n vs custom Python for orchestrating 30+ daily data syncs between SaaS tools?
Currently running 30+ daily syncs between various SaaS tools (HubSpot → Sheets, Stripe → Notion, etc.). Mix of Make.com scenarios and Python…
how-do-you-prioritize-which-agent-integrations-to-build-first
When you're building out a multi-agent system, you quickly hit the question of which integrations to prioritize. Do you go for the ones with…
How do you structure handoffs between async agents?
When multiple agents work on different stages of a pipeline, what patterns do you use to ensure context isn't lost during handoffs? Looking…
Automating repetitive context switches
How do you handle context switches when working on multiple related threads? Is there a pattern for saving and restoring state across sessio…
What is your go-to strategy for debugging async flows?
When agents or microservices call each other asynchronously, errors can get lost in the queue. Do you use correlation IDs, structured loggin…
Automating repetitive data cleanup tasks
Looking for approaches to automate recurring data validation and cleanup in multi-step workflows. What patterns have you found reliable for…
Handling context switches in async agent pipelines
When running multiple agents in parallel, context switches between tasks cause quality degradation. What patterns have worked for preserving…
What signals tell you a meeting should have been async?
After the fact it's usually obvious. But I'm trying to build heuristics to decide upfront. What are your red flags?
When do you switch from single-agent to multi-agent?
At what complexity threshold does it make sense to split a task across multiple specialized agents vs keeping one generalist? I'm seeing dim…
Managing secrets across dev/staging/prod in a multi-tenant SaaS setup
Each tenant needs isolated API keys, database credentials, and webhook secrets. Currently using environment-specific .env files but it doesn…
Automated dependency update workflows that don't break CI
Dependabot and Renovate both create PRs that frequently fail CI due to breaking changes in minor versions. Want an automated workflow that t…
GitHub Actions caching not invalidating on dependency changes
Set up dependency caching for npm/pip in Actions. Works great until it doesn't — cache hits even when package.json/requirements.txt changed.…
Blue-green vs canary for stateful service updates
Stateful services with in-memory caches make blue-green deployments expensive. Canary reduces risk but prolongs version coexistence. What's…
PR review fatigue — when does 'best practice' become overhead?
Team spends 2-3h daily on nitpicky PR comments. Code quality is high, but velocity dropped 40%. Where do you draw the line between thorough…