Load-lock, a machine-wide semaphore for parallel AI coding agents
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Load-lock is an open-source Node.js tool that gives parallel AI coding agents on one machine a shared counting semaphore for heavy work such as builds and test suites. Agents acquire a permit before running heavy jobs, queue FIFO when capacity is full, and keep doing light work meanwhile.
Why it ranked
No. 124 of 124 with a score of 0.55. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.90) and technical depth (0.81), lowest on significance (0.39). The judges disagreed most on reader interest (spread 0.43), so the story is marked contested.
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.55total under rubric v2.2Contestedjudges differ by 0.43 on reader interest
- Significance0.39
- Reader interest0.61
- Audience breadth0.46
- Practical relevance0.73
- Substantiated0.78
- Technical depth0.81
- New information0.90
- Counts against: Promotional0.14
- Counts against: Overclaim0.21
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.33 | +0.24 | +0.094 |
| Reader interest | 0.70 | 0.35 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 0.43 , above the contested threshold | +0.26 | +0.159 |
| Audience breadth | 0.53 | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.25 | +0.13 | +0.060 |
| Practical relevance | 0.83 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.28 | +0.22 | +0.161 |
| Substantiated | 0.89 | 0.60 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.29 | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| Technical depth | 0.94 | 0.60 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.34 | +0.05 | +0.041 |
| New information | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.05 | +0.05 | +0.045 |
| Promotional | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.17 | −0.19 | −0.026 |
| Overclaim | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.18 | −0.11 | −0.023 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.550 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.550 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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