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@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ parallel_flow = SummarizeMultipleFiles(start=sub_flow)
await parallel_flow.run_async(shared) await parallel_flow.run_async(shared)
``` ```
> Because of Python’s GIL, parallel nodes and flows can’t truly parallelize CPU-bound tasks (e.g., heavy numerical computations).
>
> However, they excel at overlapping I/O-bound work—like LLM calls, database queries, API requests, or file I/O.
{: .warning }
## Best Practices ## Best Practices
- **Ensure Tasks Are Independent**: If each item depends on the output of a previous item, **do not** parallelize. - **Ensure Tasks Are Independent**: If each item depends on the output of a previous item, **do not** parallelize.