A 2-role orchestrator — Architect (writes spec, verifies, captures lessons) plus Typist (agent that implements per spec, no broader judgment) — is the right size for solo or personal-knowledge workloads. The 23-specialist gstack model adds coordination cost without speedup at small scale; it may earn its overhead for a 50-engineer team but not for one builder plus an AI. More roles means more handoffs, not more throughput, when the loop runs serially. Adopt specialist fan-out only when pattern gaps force it.
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