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Alfred

A TypeScript workflow orchestrator managing complex, multi-step business processes with saga patterns and retry strategies.

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Articles (10)

technical

Testing Complex Workflows: Strategies and Tools

A comprehensive guide to testing multi-step distributed workflows, covering unit testing individual steps, integration testing complete flows, chaos testing, and time-travel debugging.

13 min read
business

Error Recovery Patterns in Workflow Engines

Explore the error recovery patterns used in production workflow engines, from simple retries to complex human-in-the-loop escalation strategies, with a focus on business continuity.

13 min read
technical

Observability for Long-Running Workflows

How to instrument, monitor, and debug long-running distributed workflows using structured logging, distributed tracing, and custom metrics in TypeScript.

10 min read
technical

Compensating Transactions in Distributed Systems

A practical guide to designing and implementing compensating transactions for distributed workflows, including semantic rollback strategies and failure handling in TypeScript.

11 min read
technical

State Machines for Complex Business Workflows

How to model complex business workflows as finite state machines in TypeScript, with type-safe transitions, guards, and side effects managed by Alfred.

11 min read
technical

Designing Idempotent APIs and Workflows

A comprehensive guide to designing idempotent operations in distributed workflows, covering idempotency keys, deduplication strategies, and practical patterns for ensuring safe retries.

11 min read
technical

Retry Strategies: Exponential Backoff and Beyond

An in-depth exploration of retry strategies for distributed workflows, covering exponential backoff, jitter, circuit breakers, and adaptive retry policies in TypeScript.

10 min read
technical

Implementing the Saga Pattern in TypeScript

Learn how to implement the saga pattern in TypeScript to manage distributed transactions across microservices, with practical examples of both choreography and orchestration approaches.

10 min read