first potentially useful version

utils/execute.py

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+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+
+def parallel(func, targets, names=None):
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
+        results = executor.map(func, targets)
+        if names:
+            return dict(zip(names, results))
+        else:
+            return list(results)
+
+
+def serial(func, targets, names=None):
+    if names:
+        return {n: func(t) for n, t in zip(names, targets)}
+    else:
+        return [func(t) for t in targets]
+
+
+