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Redpanda Data @redpanda.com · 1d

📣 First session announced for Redpanda Streamfest '25!

"Building Fault-Tolerant AI Agents with Durable Workflows" 🧩

Join the wise @petereliaskraft.net of @dbos.dev to learn how durable workflows turn fragile #AI agents into resilient, production-ready systems. 💪

Save your spot: bit.ly/3HY1SZf

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South Bay Systems @southbaysystems.xyz · 1d

There was an accident with the recording where audio wasn't captured, so instead we can offer a recording from one of Jakob's practice runs on twitch: www.twitch.tv/videos/25845...

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 5d

Here is a fun comment on one of our recent posts. I think it’s hilarious and also true for many other posts: “I think this post is riddled with bots. One is marketing another competing offer, others complaining about the UI component not being open source too...”

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 5d

Several attendees appreciated the quality of our speakers. @alexmillerdb.bsky.social gave a fun opening speech about how we're always excited to bring more interesting systems talks to the community (even if it's not database-related). If you've got ideas, reach out!

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 5d

Had a fun time at the South Bay Systems meetup last night. Thanks @yugabytedb.bsky.social for hosting!

@codedrift.social gave a great talk on WebAssembly: what it is (and isn't), how it connects to WASI, and promising projects. He cuts through a lot of the hype vs. reality. Recording coming soon.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 5d

Did you figure out the error? cc @andypavlo.bsky.social

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 6d

We’re back again… with the new Go release 😎

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 6d

Do you trade off between richer context and tighter token budgets? If so, how?

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 6d

We kept:
- node-postgres: Postgres queries
- commander: CLI tooling
- serialize-error: (de-)serializing workflow errors
- superjson: (de-)serializing workflow outputs
- ws: monitoring/UI via websockets
- yaml: config parsing

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 6d

Just released DBOS TypeScript v4.0!
Following our Python release, we trimmed dependencies in TS too: down from 27 to 6, while still implementing durable workflows and queues in a single library.

It works with both TS/JS and requires no extra orchestrator.

Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...

A screenshot of how DBOS only has 6 dependencies: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dbos-inc/dbos-sdk

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 6d

My colleague @devhawk.net is presenting today at the Seattle Postgres User Group (SEA PUG)! If you're in the area, drop by and say hi :)

Harry Pierson @devhawk.net · 19d

#Seattle peeps, I'm presenting a lightning talk on "Durable Computing 101" at the Seattle Postgres user group meetup on Oct 2nd. meetu.ps/e/PxF37/6mv7...

Python Lightning Talks and Special Guest from DocumentDB, Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Join us for a fast-paced evening of lightning talks exploring the intersection of Postgres and Python! Whether you’re a Pythonista curious about getting more out of Postgre

meetu.ps

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 7d

And DBOS here: www.dbos.dev/blog/how-to-...
Thanks Phil for inspiring us!

How to Test the Reliability of Durable Execution | DBOS

We share learnings and best practices for testing durable execution based on our testing of DBOS.

www.dbos.dev

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 8d

Looking forward to your talk! Several of my friends told me WebAssembly is cool, and I need to learn more about it 👀

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 9d

Good idea. Who wants to do this? I'll happily invest my 2 cents.

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 9d

Hiking

xkcd.com/3147/

Comic. [Two people hiking up mountain] PERSON 1: Okay, we’re nearing the next downhill segment I’ll put in the order. ...Confirming start and end points… Submitted! [water slide being dropped from above by drones] PERSON 2 with long hair: Look, here it comes! [Waterslide positioned on downhill slope of mountain with both people riding down] BOTH: Wheeee [Waterslide carried back into the air] [Both people continuing to hike up next slope] [caption] On-demand waterslide delivery has really improved the whole hiking experience.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 12d

Happy weekend! This week I wore my DBOS T-shirt three days out of five:
one day for a talk recording
one day for the DBOS user group
one day for a podcast recording

At this rate, I either need more T-shirts, or I'll need to do laundry way too often.

It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 12d

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 12d

Congrat! Really well written post. Did you draw those illustrations yourself? They’re cute.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 13d

We kept:
- sqlalchemy + psycopg: Postgres queries
- dateutil: cron spec parsing
- pyyaml: config parsing
- typer-slim: CLI tooling
- websockets: monitoring/UI

Tracing is optional via dbos[otel]. Fewer moving parts means easier to trust and operate.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 13d

Several people (thanks to @mitsuhiko.at and @sa.muelcolvin.com) noted early on that DBOS had too many dependencies. In the latest Python release, we trimmed it down to just 6 direct deps while still implementing durable workflows and queues in one library.

It's lightweight (for real).

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

Hallucination is real, and I'm tired of seeing "you're absolutely right!" then with nonsense answers all the time.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

Docker Hub is partially down www.dockerstatus.com
Found it because our GitHub actions were failing to pull images.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

It's flattering to see that another company just announced today that they're adding versioning support. Nice validation that we've been on the right track.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

Pinning workflows to a code version is useful. When a workflow starts, it's tagged with the version of the app process that started it.

This way, you can safely change workflow code without breaking old ones - they'll continue to run on an older version. It makes rolling updates easy and safe.

DBOS @dbos.dev · 16d

Versioning in DBOS Cloud makes deployments clear and reliable, here’s how Yutori is using it:

✅ Every new release spins up its own VM
✅ Logs are tagged by version, so you know which release produced them
✅ Full observability across versions without losing context

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

Also for long blog post, you’ll probably write it across multiple git commits. In my case, I was working on a single commit with multiple lines of changes.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 14d

Maybe! I haven’t tried codespaces yet and I’m not sure whether it preserves editing sessions across computers.

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Qian Li @qianli.dev · 15d

Lesson learned: never edit README on GitHub in the browser. Twice today, I was in the middle of editing, accidentally clicked a link that jumped to another page, hit back, and poof - everything was gone. Someone please give GitHub autosave (aka durable execution).

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