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Jul 11, 2025

Database-Less Orchestration with Lemline and The Serverless Workflow DSL

How Lemline delivers orchestration with minimal database dependency, solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in workflow engines

Database-Less Orchestration with Lemline and The Serverless Workflow DSL

Gilles Barbier

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Jan 10

Is AI killing open-source business models?

Weak signals are emerging around open-source — the loudest being Tailwind announcing they let go of 3 out of 4 engineers, following an 80%…

Is AI killing open-source business models?

Gilles Barbier

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Apr 30, 2025

From Complexity to Clarity: The Power of Serverless Workflow DSL

Welcome to the first article in our deep dive into the Serverless Workflow DSL — a powerful, platform-independent language for defining and…

From Complexity to Clarity: The Power of Serverless Workflow DSL

Gilles Barbier

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Apr 21, 2025

Understanding the Serverless Workflow 1.0 DSL

Welcome to the first article in our deep dive into the Serverless Workflow DSL — a powerful, platform-independent language for defining…

Understanding the Serverless Workflow 1.0 DSL

Gilles Barbier

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Jan 17, 2025

Error Management In Orchestrated Workflows — The Case Of Infinitic

Error handling in distributed systems is inherently complex due to the variety of potential issues that can arise across different…

Error Management In Orchestrated Workflows — The Case Of Infinitic

Gilles Barbier

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Apr 30, 2024

An Easy Path From API-Based Microservices to An Event-Driven Architecture For Improved Reliability…

Building reliable business processes using API-driven microservices is a common goal for modern applications, such as online food ordering…

An Easy Path From API-Based Microservices to An Event-Driven Architecture For Improved Reliability…

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Mar 26, 2024

The Way We Are Building Event-Driven Applications is Misguided. This is Why We Created Infinitic.

I believe that the way the industry is often building asynchronous event-driven applications is misguided and can be greatly improved.

The Way We Are Building Event-Driven Applications is Misguided. This is Why We Created Infinitic.

Gilles Barbier

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Dec 16, 2020

Using Apache Pulsar With Kotlin

Apache Pulsar is a great piece of technology but there are few examples online showing how to use it with Kotlin.

Using Apache Pulsar With Kotlin

Gilles Barbier

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Nov 16, 2020

Under the Hood of an Event-Driven “Workflow As Code” Engine

How a class — apparently written to run on a single thread — can orchestrate long-running workflows in a distributed environment?

Under the Hood of an Event-Driven “Workflow As Code” Engine

Gilles Barbier

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Oct 13, 2020

Code Is the Best DSL for Building Workflows

In this article, I will show how a programming language can be used as a DSL by a “workflow as code” engine

Code Is the Best DSL for Building Workflows

Gilles Barbier

Gilles Barbier

Helping Engineering Teams Become AI-Native | Workflow Orchestration Expert | 3 Production Engines, 50M+ Executions

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