Armin Ronacher shares production experience with Absurd, a Postgres-based durable execution system that eliminates the need for separate services or runtimes. The system has proven robust in real-world use with improvements in claim handling, deadlock prevention, and edge case management. It offers lightweight SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go while maintaining all state within Postgres.
Background
Durable execution systems like Temporal and AWS Step Functions typically require dedicated services, but Absurd challenges this by leveraging PostgreSQL's native capabilities. Armin Ronacher is a well-known developer creator of Flask and other open source projects.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 4, 2026 at 07:28 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10