Concurrency
Layer 1: Language Mechanics
Core Question
Is this CPU-bound or I/O-bound, and what's the sharing model?
Before choosing concurrency primitives:
- What's the workload type?
- What data needs to be shared?
- What's the thread safety requirement?
Error → Design Question
Thinking Prompt
Before adding concurrency:
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What's the workload?
- CPU-bound → threads (std::thread, rayon)
- I/O-bound → async (tokio, async-std)
- Mixed → hybrid approach
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What's the sharing model?
- No sharing → message passing (channels)
- Immutable sharing → Arc<T>
- Mutable sharing → Arc<Mutex<T>> or Arc<RwLock<T>>
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What are the Send/Sync requirements?
- Cross-thread ownership → Send
- Cross-thread references → Sync
- Single-thread async → spawn_local
Trace Up ↑ (MANDATORY)
CRITICAL: Don't just fix the error. Trace UP to find domain constraints.
Domain Detection Table
Example: Web API + Rc Error
Generic Trace
Trace Down ↓
From design to implementation:


