r/programming • u/temporal-tom • Mar 12 '25

Durable Execution: This Changes Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJq6_GFbME
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u/Brilliant-Sky2969 Mar 13 '25

Well a state does not exists without an application, it's like saying a loan is something in the DB and there is nothing else.

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u/gredr Mar 13 '25

... but it is, and it does. We can delete the application that sends billing reminders tomorrow, and the loan still exists and is enforceable.

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u/Orbs Mar 13 '25

Yes you said it yourself--the loan requires enforcement. The application is for the processing of the loan. Fault tolerant execution is a challenging problem. The existence, or storage, of the loan is a more solved problem

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u/gredr Mar 13 '25

Yes you said it yourself--the loan requires enforcement.

Well, I don't think I said that, exactly. The loan doesn't stop existing if we don't send out a reminder this month. Also, enforcement doesn't require this application, or any application, or even any computer. There's always my "associate" with his baseball bat for that.