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Re:Show HN: Waymark – A workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of ...
on Saturday November 07, 2026 @10:59AM (#50405635)
> having to deal with their synchronization
No such thing has to be necessary. Tasks run fine on different threads/interpreters/processes. Message passing via queues is used to communicate which tasks need to run. Many asyncio users seem to wholly unaware of how well it works. Go-lang doesn't even have async.
Re:Show HN: Waymark – A workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of ...
on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:55PM (#50400551)
Huh. There is nothing wrong with async, but if my code is sync, what am I to do?
Also, the claim made that something is better modeled as async is wholly unqualified.
Re:The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo
on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:49PM (#50400098)
Before you know it, you will be needing a workaround for every replacement tool you use in Ubuntu. This is what makes it unacceptable.
Re:Show HN: Waymark – A workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of ...
on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:38PM (#50400003)
This looks like something that will break easily with a newer version of Python or even with the use of third-party packages. It seems to couple too tightly with the user's application code.
Re:Show HN: Waymark – A workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of ...
on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:11PM (#50399785)
I dispute the "better" assertion. Anyhow, I don't know how familiar or not you are with sync code, but it fully supports background jobs using queues with threads/interpreters/processes. It has been around for decades. If you can willingly disregard support for it, I can willingly disregard your repo.
Re:Show HN: Waymark – A workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of ...
on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:58PM (#50399635)
It is too async heavy as per its readme -- this is very off-putting. Not everyone cares for async. There is no usage shown with sync code.
Also, there is no license, which makes it dead on arrival.