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How to Keep AI Agents From Overwriting Each Other's Code
Parallel AI agents editing the same codebase can overwrite each other's work. The author recommends using git worktree instead of cloning repos to save disk space. Worktrees share a single .git directory and are temporary, avoiding the overhead of full clones.
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Practical advice for developers running multiple AI coding agents, but the manual coordination it requires limits real-world scalability.
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