---
title: "Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns"
description: "The 10 most common mistakes made by first-time Temporal users...and how to avoid them."
canonical: "https://temporal.io/resources/on-demand/chilling-temporal-anti-patterns.md"
source: "https://temporal.io/resources/on-demand/chilling-temporal-anti-patterns"
resource_type: "Webinar"
published: "2024-10-24"
---

# Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns

Presented by: [Joshua Smith](https://temporal.io/authors/joshua-smith.md)

[Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/b2AnXkqCwgw)

During this session, our Staff Solutions Architect Joshua Smith regales us with chilling tales of Temporal Anti-Patterns. These are the common mistakes that we see from folks with distributed systems experience as they're making their initial foray into the world of Temporal. This session reviews Josh's "Top 10" anti-patterns...and how to choose a less-perilous path for yourself.

Original air date: Oct 9, 2024

For a text version of this talk, see [Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns (part 1)](https://temporal.io/blog/spooky-stories-chilling-temporal-anti-patterns-part-1.md "Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns (part 1)") and [Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns (part 2)](https://temporal.io/blog/spooky-stories-chilling-temporal-anti-patterns-part-2.md "Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal Anti-Patterns (part 2)")

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