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Durable async/await with Dominik Tornow

In this episode of the Geek Narrator Podcast, Kaivalya Apte engages in an invigorating discussion with Dominik Tornow, the founder and CEO of Resonate. They explore Durable Async-Await, an interesting concept in distributed systems world, along with other nuances of distributed programming. Dominik also talks about the development and execution of Resonate to simplify distributed systems with a focus on observability, usability, and it's future direction. The conversation concludes with a discussion of different concurrency models and the future of distributed systems Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 02:44 Understanding Async Await 10:25 Challenges with Current Async Await Model 12:53 Introducing Resonate: A Solution for Distributed Async Await 13:34 Practical Application: E-commerce Example 24:57 Understanding the Role of the Platform in Distributed Systems 30:12 Dealing with Partial Failures in Distributed Systems 39:44 Getting Started with Resonate 40:40 Introduction to Resonate and its Simplicity 41:09 Getting Started with Resonate: Installation and Setup 42:22 Understanding the Durability Aspect of Resonate 42:49 Exploring the Resonate Durable Promise Server 44:10 Scaling Up: Introducing Workers into the System 48:35 The Importance of Open Standards in Resonate 50:17 Exploring the Integration Capabilities of Durable Promises 01:04:31 Understanding the Role of Timeouts in Durable Promises 01:07:29 The Future of Resonate: Challenges and Upcoming Features 01:13:04 Understanding the Limitations of Durable Promises 01:14:51 Wrapping Up: Final Thoughts on Resonate and Durable Promises References: A note on Distributed Systems: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/waldo/files/waldo-94.pdf Thinking in Distributed Systems: https://dtornow.gumroad.com/l/distributed-systems McCarthy's paper: https://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/recursive/recursive.html =============================================================================== For discount on the below courses: Appsync: https://appsyncmasterclass.com/?affiliateId=41c07a65-24c8-4499-af3c-b853a3495003 Testing serverless: https://testserverlessapps.com/?affiliateId=41c07a65-24c8-4499-af3c-b853a3495003 Production-Ready Serverless: https://productionreadyserverless.com/?affiliateId=41c07a65-24c8-4499-af3c-b853a3495003 Use the button, Add Discount and enter "geeknarrator" discount code to get 20% discount. =============================================================================== Follow me on Linkedin and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalyaapte/ and https://twitter.com/thegeeknarrator If you like this episode, please hit the like button and share it with your network. Also please subscribe if you haven't yet. Database internals series: https://youtu.be/yV_Zp0Mi3xs Popular playlists: Realtime streaming systems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4se-mAKKoVOs3VcaP71X_LA- Software Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sf6By03bot5BhKoMgxDUU17 Distributed systems and databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sfLDUnjBJXJGFhhz94jDd_d Modern databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4scSeZAsCUXijtnfW5ARlrsN Stay Curios! Keep Learning!

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