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by jcmfernandes 432 days ago
> An activity must encapsulate something much higher level than a single IO operation. So something like "Configure BGP on a router", "Start a VM" etc. It needs to be able to handle retries and thus be idempotent.

I was referring to the workflows, that is, writing the workflows in managed languages, not the activities.

Out of curiosity, are you working full-time on this? I'm working part-time on the same problem, looking to go full time soon, and it's interesting to see how the same ideas are popping up somewhat independently across different projects :) let me know if you're interested in chatting!

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> I was referring to the workflows, that is, writing the workflows in managed languages, not the activities.

Ah understood. I have no plans supporting native workflow executors.

> Out of curiosity, are you working full-time on this?

Yes, currently I work on it full time.

> I'm working part-time on the same problem, looking to go full time soon, and it's interesting to see how the same ideas are popping up somewhat independently across different projects :)

Nice website! I also see the ideas of determinism, replayability etc more and more.

> let me know if you're interested in chatting!

Sure, my email is visible in the Git commit history.