earendil-works/absurd
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An experiment in durability
9 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 2 stories, 7 comments · first 2025-10-31 · latest 2026-08-09
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Reminds me a bit of https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd
comment by nbbaier · 2026-08-09 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) -
…pure db approach as much as possible. I only just started getting into the topic myself, though. https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd
comment by jraedisch · 2026-06-05 · in pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable execution -
I do love Postgres and DBOS. I also recently started experimenting with https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd which is also Postgres and even simpler than DBOS. Their comparison is a great read: https://earendil-works.github.io/absurd/co…
comment by nzoschke · 2026-05-28 · in Building durable workflows on Postgres -
…of durable workflows for postgres: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/3/absurd-workflows/ https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd https://earendil-works.github.io/absurd/ I've not used it, but it's worth comparing to other options
comment by llimllib · 2026-05-28 · in Building durable workflows on Postgres -
…is also an interesting project. Absurd, like Pi, is minimal and let's you have full control. [0] - https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd
comment by ramkarthikk · 2026-04-08 · in I've sold out -
…and it's much easier to use and to operate than many of the solutions on the market today. [1]: https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd
comment by the_mitsuhiko · 2025-11-21 · in Building a Durable Execution Engine with SQLite -
Ah, got it, it throws Exception in order to stop the task each time https://github.com/earendil-works/absurd/blob/main/sdks/type...
comment by oulipo2 · 2025-11-03 · in Absurd Workflows: Durable Execution with Just Postgres