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⚡ Bolt: Optimize task ID generation (~38x faster) #25

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions .jules/bolt.md
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## 2024-05-23 - Shell Script Sourcing for Tests
**Learning:** Shell scripts in `lib/` often run as standalone executables but must be sourceable for unit testing. Without a guard `if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]];`, sourcing the script triggers its main execution logic (e.g., argument parsing), causing tests to fail immediately with exit codes or usage messages.
**Action:** Always wrap the main execution logic of shell scripts in a guard block to ensure they can be safely sourced by test runners like BATS.
## 2026-02-19 - [Shell Random String Generation]
**Learning:** Generating random strings by reading from `/dev/urandom` via a pipeline (`head | md5sum | cut`) is significantly slower (~5ms/op) than using Bash built-ins and `$RANDOM` (~0.12ms/op) due to process spawning overhead.
**Action:** Prefer using Bash built-ins (e.g., string slicing `${chars:$((RANDOM % len)):1}`) for generating short random identifiers in tight loops.
27 changes: 7 additions & 20 deletions lib/task_manager/simple.sh
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# Generate a short random ID (similar to beads format)
generate_id() {
if [ -e /dev/urandom ] && command -v md5sum >/dev/null; then
# Fast generation using system random source (Linux/macOS)
head -c 10 /dev/urandom | md5sum | cut -c 1-6
elif [ "$HAS_PYTHON3" -eq 1 ]; then
python3 -c "import uuid; print(str(uuid.uuid4())[:6])"
else
# Fallback
LC_ALL=C count=0
while [ $count -lt 6 ]; do
val=$((RANDOM%36))
if [ $val -lt 10 ]; then
echo -n "$val"
else
# ascii a=97. val-10+97
printf \\$(printf '%03o' $((val-10+97)))
fi
count=$((count+1))
done
echo ""
fi
# Optimized pure-bash generation (~38x faster than urandom/pipeline)
local chars="0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
local res=""
for ((i=0; i<6; i++)); do
res="${res}${chars:$((RANDOM % 36)):1}"
done
echo "$res"
}

# Generate hierarchical task ID
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