Best comparison I've seen so far is that it's sort of like "background processing threads for Redux". The downside is that it might not mix well with time-trav

Best comparison I've seen so far is that it's sort of like "background processing threads for Redux". The downside is that it might not mix well with time-travel debugging, because a saga effectively has its own internal state. That said, Dan Abramov does seem to think it's a very intriguing approach, so it's worth keeping an eye on.