How Temporal Transformed Workflow Orchestration from Azure and Uber Roots

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This post traces the historical evolution of workflow orchestration and durable execution, from Amazon's SWF and Azure's Durable Task Framework to Uber's Cadence and finally Temporal. It emphasizes Temporal's core concept of 'Durable Execution' as a radical simplification for developers, allowing them to write business logic without explicit failure recovery or state management. The post also highlights the adoption of Temporal by financial institutions due to its resilience and guaranteed outcomes, and discusses Temporal's secure-by-design approach and fully open-source strategy.