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We mostly solved multi-node coordination decades ago in distributed computing. Turns out LLM teams face some of the same coordination problems today. Here is a really good read for anyone designing multi-agent systems. It applies distributed systems theory to LLM teams and finds the same O(n²) communication bottlenecks, straggler delays, and consistency conflicts showing up directly. Decentralized teams wasted more rounds communicating without making progress, but they also recovered faster when individual agents stalled. How does this relate to distributed systems? The work attempts to evaluate LLM teams as distributed systems. It lays out a principled framework instead of trial and error for deciding when teams help, how many agents to use, and what coordination structure fits the task. Designing LLM teams without distributed systems principles is like building a cluster without understanding consensus protocols. Paper: https://t.co/klHzUFJL1R