185: Workflow Orchestrators
From Programming Throwdown by Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
November 4, 2025 · 1h 32m · Episode 185
About this episode
Patrick and Jason discuss workflow orchestrators and their significance in managing batch jobs and distributed systems.
Patrick and Jason break down workflow orchestrators and why they matter for batch jobs, long-running tasks, and resumable distributed systems. They compare tools such as Airflow, Dagster, Temporal, Ray, and Kubeflow while explaining the infrastructure patterns behind them.
People in this episode
Hosts: Patrick Wheeler, Jason Gauci
Topics covered
- workflow orchestrators
- batch jobs
- long-running tasks
- resumable distributed systems
- infrastructure patterns
- comparison of tools
Keywords
- workflow orchestrators
- Airflow
- Dagster
- Temporal
- Ray
- Kubeflow
- distributed systems
- infrastructure patterns
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Airflow, Dagster, Temporal, Ray, Kubeflow
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