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How to do distributed locking (2016)

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240 points yusufaytas | 1 comments | 20 Oct 24 10:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.195s | source
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jojolatulipe ◴[20 Oct 24 17:48 UTC] No.41897133[source]▶
At work we use Temporal and ended up using a dedicated workflow and signals to do distributed locking. Working well so far and the implementation is rather simple, relying on Temporal’s facilities to do the distributed parts of the lock.
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robertlagrant ◴[20 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41898031[source]▶
I'm keen to use Temporal, but I've heard it can be flaky. In your experience has it worked well?
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calmoo ◴[20 Oct 24 20:16 UTC] No.41898181[source]▶
Rock solid in my experience and kind of a game changer. I’m surprised it’s not more widespread in large orgs.
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1. Icathian ◴[20 Oct 24 21:21 UTC] No.41898576[source]▶
We use it a ton at my shop for internal things like release rollouts. Fairly big tech company, and same experience. It's an excellent product.