3 approaches in parallel

Build-along · ~15 min at your own keyboard

For problems with multiple plausible solutions, don't iterate one guess — build 3 approaches in parallel (separate agents, tmp folders), test all against the same bar, merge the winner. Exploration becomes cheap when the builders are free-ish.

The long version: Trying several approaches at once ↗

Do this

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Checkpoints

▸You should now see three approaches written as one paragraph each.
▸You should now see a test and a pass bar written down before any build finishes.
▸You should now see three builds in separate tmp folders with a score for each.
▸You should now see a decision that respects the bar.

The three ways this goes wrong

The three approaches are one idea with small changes. — Ask for approaches that differ in method, not in detail.
You pick the winner because it scored highest. — Highest isn't the same as good enough. Compare to the bar you wrote first, and count the dangerous errors separately.
Your workspace is full of leftover folders. — Delete the two losing folders once the winner is merged.

Share what happened

Paste the three approaches, your pre-set test and pass bar, the scores, and whether the best one cleared the bar.

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