Temporal

Infrastructure for building resilient, distributed applications with durable execution.

Overview

Temporal allows developers to write asynchronous workflows as standard code that automatically handles retries, state persistence, and fault tolerance. It eliminates the need for complex state machines and manual retry logic by persisting the entire workflow state to a durable store.

Best for

• Complex multi-step workflows with retries
• Long-running processes that must survive server restarts

Trade-offs

What XeroHack pre-wires

When you pick Temporal in the interview, the engine emits these files into your scaffold:

• Workflow definitions
• Activity functions
• Local dev server via CLI