Developer: running more than 2 parallel sub-agents just burns tokens

Developer pvncher reports from experience that running more than 2 sub-agents in parallel almost certainly wastes tokens, since agents don't trust each other's output and redundantly re-verify it with zero quality gain.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 3 related posts

• Running More Than 2 Sub-Agents in Parallel Burns Tokens for Zero Quality Gain — pvncher · 2026-09-16
• Running more than 2 sub-agents at once burns tokens for zero quality gain, dev argues — kevinnbass · 2026-09-16

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