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Is this similar to Azure Durable Functions? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/durable-functions-overview https://docs.microsoft.co
by vyrotek 6y ago
Is this similar to Azure Durable Functions?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/durable-functions-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durab...
From what I understand these features are a nice way to implement a serverless Actor Model. I was surprised to see no reference to it on the CloudFlare page.
- kentonv 6y agoPossibly. We did not base the design (or name) of Durable Objects on any other product we were aware of (except arguably Sandstorm.io, which was my startup before joining Cloudflare). I haven't looked closely at Azure Durable Functions. We actually did call this product "Actors" internally for a long time, but we found that people who had done previous Actor Model work (e.g. in Erlang) ended up more confused than enlightened by this name, so we ditched it.
- cgillum 6y agoInterestingly, Azure's Durable Entities has a similar feature set and similar story of origin (internally called it actors, then switched to "entities" to avoid confusion): https://medium.com/@cgillum/azure-functions-durable-entities-67db648d2f74 https://medium.com/@cgillum/azure-functions-durable-entities...
- ShockaZ 6y agoI was thinking this is a lot more like Microsoft Orleans: https://dotnet.github.io/orleans/Documentation/index.html https://dotnet.github.io/orleans/Documentation/index.html
- Serow225 6y agovery close to Azure Functions Durable Entities: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/durable-functions-entities https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durab...