Dev tools · September 10, 2024
DBOS transact – Ultra-lightweight durable execution in Python
Hi HN - DBOS CEO here with the co-founders of DBOS, Peter (KraftyOne) and Qian (qianli_cs). The company started as a research project of Stanford and MIT, and Peter and Qian were advised by Mike Stonebreaker, the creator of Postgres, and Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark. They believe so strongly in reliable, serverless compute that they started a company (with Mike) to bring it to the world! Today we want to share our brand new Python library providing ultra-lightweight durable execution. https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py Durable execution means your program…
DBOS transact – Ultra-lightweight durable execution in Python launched on September 10, 2024 with 89 votes, #512 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
DBOS transact is a Python library that provides durable execution, allowing programs to automatically resume from their last completed step if interrupted or crashed. It is designed for developers building serverless applications who need reliable, fault-tolerant workflows. The library emerged from Stanford and MIT research and enables ultra-lightweight implementation of resilient compute systems.
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From the sources
Database-Backed Durable Python Workflows. Contribute to dbos-inc/dbos-transact-py development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN - DBOS CEO here with the co-founders of DBOS, Peter (KraftyOne) and Qian (qianli_cs). The company started as a research project of Stanford and MIT, and Peter and Qian were advised by Mike Stonebreaker, the creator of Postgres, and Matei Zaharia, the creator of Spark. They believe so strongly in reliable…
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