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Show HN: Turn any workflow diagram into compilable, running and stateful code

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109 points yaronsc | 2 comments | 14 May 25 17:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.678s | source

Hi HN folks, I'm a co-creator of the Dapr CNCF project and co-founder of Diagrid. Today we announced a free-to-use web app that takes any form of workflow diagram (UML, BPMN, scribble in your favorite drawing tool or even on paper) and generates code that runs in any IDE and that can be deployed to Kubernetes and other container based systems, based on Dapr's durable execution workflow engine. This essentially allows you to run durable workflows in minutes and leaves out the guesswork for how to structure, code and optimize a code-first workflow app. I'm happy for you to give this a try and provide feedback!
1. swyx ◴[18 May 25 05:34 UTC] No.44019213[source]▶
1. yeah this is nice, making it easier to generate workflows is always good. i think the challenge is always versioning and proper error handling - if the diagram the user sends in doesnt properly model the work done, then you're SOL.

2. (sorry to bring it up but have to ask) how does Diagrid/Dapr compare to Temporal? i browsed your docs but there wasn't much that came up. is Dapr strictly dag based?

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2. yaronsc ◴[18 May 25 23:28 UTC] No.44025069[source]▶
1. A user can always go into the generated code and make changes to it. The code generated includes explanations for what each step in the workflow does

2. Dapr has 9 APIs, one of which is Workflows which indeed competes with Temporal. Dapr Workflows isn't DAG based, it's code-first. This tool allows you to start with an external representation