AutoKitteh, a developer-first, open-source platform that focuses on serverless workflow automation, adopted Temporal to enhance the durability and reliability of their programs while simplifying development processes.

Challenges Before Using Temporal#

Before adopting Temporal, AutoKitteh's main challenge was ensuring that their software was durable and reliable. They wanted a solution that would make their product robust without requiring a lot of extra effort or complexity.

• Durability and Reliability: Maintaining program durability and reliability was a constant struggle.
• Complex Development: The engineering team implemented their own state management and event-driven development, adding significant maintenance overhead
• High Skill Requirement: Only a few highly skilled engineers could handle the work required, making the development process slow and cumbersome.

Why AutoKitteh Chose Temporal#

We knew we were going to use Temporal because it gave us a huge advantage over other solutions out there.

AutoKitteh chose Temporal for several compelling reasons:

• Simplified Development: Temporal handles the complexity like state management and error-handling logic, allowing developers to focus on core functionality.
• Efficient Debugging: Temporal makes it easy to identify where the code stopped working, and it automatically resumes from there, saving time and reducing developer frustration.
• Enhanced Abstractions: Temporal’s abstractions streamlined their code, making it easier to manage.
• Durable Execution: The durable execution capabilities significantly reduced project timelines.

Benefits of Temporal for AutoKitteh#

Since adopting Temporal, AutoKitteh has experienced numerous benefits: Seamless Abstractions:

• Reduced Development Effort: AutoKitteh’s systems run on abstractions, instantly translating external system events into new workflows. This lets the team develop more efficiently.
• Increased Developer Velocity: Developers allocate much less time to distributed system development, focusing more on innovation.
• Less Manual Intervention: The need for intervening when errors happen has drastically decreased.

AutoKitteh has transformed its development process, achieving greater efficiency and reliability.