Gulp 4 Task Composition: When to Use series() vs parallel()
A decision guide for composing Gulp 4 tasks: when series() is mandatory, when parallel() is safe, and how to validate that your parallel tasks are truly independent.
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Task hanging during asynchronous execution in Grunt
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