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Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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KraftyOne wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

Hey Peter. I know this is super unrelated, but I’ve used the contact form and sent an email in order to understand what the hell a conductor license costs for self-hosting. So far i’ve only gotten automated requests for feedback as a response.. That’s certainly not encouraged me to dig deeper into using dbos.

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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Post by KraftyOne »

antman wrote: post #12

Can DBOSfly pass the temporal python SDK test suite? Are there any features mot yet implemented?

Yes it can (with documented exceptions)! The suite is here: https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbosify-py/tree/main/tests/confo...

Here's the documentation: https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbosify-py/blob/main/docs/ARCHIT...

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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Post by KraftyOne »

x3ro wrote: post #11
KraftyOne wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

Hey Peter. I know this is super unrelated, but I’ve used the contact form and sent an email in order to understand what the hell a conductor license costs for self-hosting. So far i’ve only gotten automated requests for feedback as a response.. That’s certainly not encouraged me to dig deeper into using dbos.

I'm very sorry about this. I'll figure out why the form wasn't responded to. In the meantime, email me directly at peter.kraft@dbos.dev.

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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Post by KraftyOne »

lelandbatey wrote: post #8
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #5

I'm a little unclear on this. You say it's a replacement for Temporal, but the GitHub repo says it's a replacement for the temporal python client SDK? Then in the description you say "This lets you run durable workflows, activities, signals, updates, retries, and recovery without needing any infrastructure except Postgres." but your diagram shows worker nodes outside of the Postgres server, so you do need infrastruct…

I asked the DBOS folks about this before; the idea is that there is no "coordination node", only the workers and the DB. See DBOS folks previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186494

Exactly, Postgres as an orchestrator instead of a Temporal server as an orchestrator. This page goes into more detail (for DBOS, but DBOSify is the same principle but using the Temporal API directly): https://docs.dbos.dev/explanations/comparing-temporal

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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Post by KraftyOne »

actionfromafar wrote: post #4
KraftyOne wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

What would it involve to get DBOSify for C#?

We'd need DBOS in C# first! It's something we're considering for the future--if you're working in C#, happy to chat about it, reach out at peter.kraft@dbos.dev.

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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raykyri wrote: post #9
KraftyOne wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

Hi! Do you have an example that includes a full agent workflow?

Take any Temporal example and swap the imports and connection strings, it's a drop-in replacement :)

Re: Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

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Post by secondrow »

x3ro wrote: post #11
KraftyOne wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

Hey Peter. I know this is super unrelated, but I’ve used the contact form and sent an email in order to understand what the hell a conductor license costs for self-hosting. So far i’ve only gotten automated requests for feedback as a response.. That’s certainly not encouraged me to dig deeper into using dbos.

Hi x3ro - dbos marketing person here. Sorry about the contact form, which was broken for a few days last week following changes we made to the cookie management on the website.
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