2 posts tagged with "analysis"

In the early 2010's, Maxim Fateev observed at AWS that we would write code a lot differently if we didn't have to worry about server crashes: we could write Thread.sleep(Duration.ofDays(30))! This astute observation led to the creation of Durable Execution (AWS Simple Workflow, Cadence, and now Temporal).

In 2026, however, durability is becoming a commodity. What comes next? Rather than just caching the byte output of function call side effects, we move up the business stack and focus on delivering business value by managing and optimizing business processes. That is what LittleHorse's Business-as-Code approach does.

Among leaders and executives, there has been much recent buzz about OpenClaw in the context of enterprise automation. While Claws do give us a glimpse of what Agents can do, there are fundamental limitations to the Claw architecture when used as process orchestrators. Thankfully, there is a safer, cheaper, and more predictable way to automate processes with Agents. (And no, LittleHorse is not a competitor with Claws...as we will see in this post, LittleHorse focuses on enterprise process orchestration while Claws fit best as powerful personal assistants).