Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

Re:Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF) by gtsteve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:44AM (#23844346)

The main thing I liked about SWF was that the entire workflow was represented in my own code. We ended up cloning the parts of SWF we used when we had to deploy outside AWS. The decider/actor pattern is a great pattern and I'd definitely use it again.

However, as you say, the 'Simple' part is definitely a misnomer.

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Re:Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF) by mfateev on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:44AM (#23846867)

Look at temporal.io. I believe we managed to get rid of the original SWF rough edges while maintaining the "workflow as code" approach. And the best part is that it is open source and you can run it anywhere yourself.

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Re:Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF) by lukerohde on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:55PM (#23852581)

What is the relationship between this project and uber/cadence? I see you have worked on both and they seem very similar/the same.

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Re:Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF) by mfateev on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:36PM (#23865130)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61157400/temporal-workfl...

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Re:Introduction to Simple Workflow Service (SWF) by gtsteve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:02PM (#23848064)

Thanks for the link, I wish I'd known about that before. I'll be sure to consider that for my next project.

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