alt.hn

6/24/2026 at 5:20:48 PM

Show HN: DBOSify – Drop-in Temporal replacement built on Postgres

 https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbosify-py

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 1:41:04 AM

I'm a little unclear on this. You say it's a replacement for Temporal, but the GitHub repo says it's a replacement for the temporal python client SDK?

Then in the description you say "This lets you run durable workflows, activities, signals, updates, retries, and recovery without needing any infrastructure except Postgres." but your diagram shows worker nodes outside of the Postgres server, so you do need infrastructure beyond the Postgres instance?

by unsnap_biceps

6/27/2026 at 5:47:51 AM

(ex temporal employee) believe it or not this is SIMPLER than temporal's actual workers. what you're seeing is a "DBOSify worker" embedded in each application server, which is not the same thing as temporal's conception of workers (which are separate from the app server). i havent spent much time with dbosify but i'd say this is closer to a "second client" than a full worker... just a terminology issue

by swyx

6/27/2026 at 2:46:49 AM

I think "without needing any infrastructure" is in contrast to Temporal, which has its own server in front of the storage.

by lmz

6/27/2026 at 4:22:09 AM

I asked the DBOS folks about this before; the idea is that there is no "coordination node", only the workers and the DB. See DBOS folks previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186494

by lelandbatey

6/27/2026 at 1:20:50 PM

Exactly, Postgres as an orchestrator instead of a Temporal server as an orchestrator. This page goes into more detail (for DBOS, but DBOSify is the same principle but using the Temporal API directly): https://docs.dbos.dev/explanations/comparing-temporal

by KraftyOne

6/24/2026 at 5:26:38 PM

Hi HN, I'm Peter, creator of DBOSify. Here to answer any questions you have!

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 8:29:37 AM

Hey Peter. I know this is super unrelated, but I’ve used the contact form and sent an email in order to understand what the hell a conductor license costs for self-hosting. So far i’ve only gotten automated requests for feedback as a response.. That’s certainly not encouraged me to dig deeper into using dbos.

by x3ro

6/27/2026 at 1:50:35 PM

Hi x3ro - dbos marketing person here. Sorry about the contact form, which was broken for a few days last week following changes we made to the cookie management on the website.

by secondrow

6/27/2026 at 1:19:16 PM

I'm very sorry about this. I'll figure out why the form wasn't responded to. In the meantime, email me directly at peter.kraft@dbos.dev.

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 2:02:53 PM

Is it compatible with Aurora DSQL? Or does it rely on Postgres features they do not implement?

by kwkelly

6/27/2026 at 2:58:35 PM

Unfortunately, DSQL is still lacking many core Postgres features (most notably foreign keys) that DBOS and DBOSify depend on. DBOS works with most flavors of Postgres though, including regular Aurora/RDS, Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Supabase, Neon, CockroachDB, and others.

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 4:44:51 AM

Hi! Do you have an example that includes a full agent workflow?

by raykyri

6/27/2026 at 1:27:06 PM

Take any Temporal example and swap the imports and connection strings, it's a drop-in replacement :)

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 2:36:01 AM

You can add a dev dependency in your pyprojec.toml with uv, look it up.

by hatefulheart

6/27/2026 at 1:35:27 AM

What would it involve to get DBOSify for C#?

by actionfromafar

6/27/2026 at 1:26:30 PM

We'd need DBOS in C# first! It's something we're considering for the future--if you're working in C#, happy to chat about it, reach out at peter.kraft@dbos.dev.

by KraftyOne

6/27/2026 at 12:49:32 PM

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by jimmypk

6/27/2026 at 12:30:34 AM

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