Just Use Postgres for Durable Workflows

# Summary The article argues that implementing durable workflows—systems that checkpoint program progress to recover from failures—doesn't require complex external orchestration platforms like Temporal or Airflow. Instead, PostgreSQL itself can serve as the orchestrator, with application servers directly communicating with the database to execute, checkpoint, and coordinate workflows, eliminating the need for a separate orchestration layer. This approach simplifies architecture while leveraging PostgreSQL's well-established solutions for scalability, availability, observability, and security.