Building Distributed Systems in Node

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This post introduces the concept of durable execution and demonstrates its practical application using Temporal's TypeScript/JavaScript SDK. It explains how durable execution simplifies distributed systems by persisting execution state, handling failures automatically, and enabling long-running operations. The post provides a concrete example of a food delivery app built with durable JavaScript, showcasing how to start workflows, handle retries for external service calls, and use signals and queries for interaction with long-running workflows.