Panasenko, who built the Mitts build tool, reports that a parallel build of 12 rustls worktrees on Linux x86_64 took 3 min 42 s with plain Cargo and 9.3 s with Mitts. Cargo with a warm sccache took 3 min 59 s.
In the News: November 9, 2026 (Extra 3)
A build tool claims 12 agent worktrees compile in 9.3 seconds against Cargo's 3 min 42 s. A pattern language says gates, not reviewers, should judge AI code.
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A Rust build cache for agent worktrees reports 9.3 seconds against Cargo's 3 min 42 s
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