4 posts tagged with "Business-as-Code"

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.

Why should an enterprise that moves atoms in the physical world invest in Business-as-Code to codify their business processses? We believe that any inefficiency or opacity in a business-critical process---from order processing to logistics to internal workflows---bleeds money through idle resources, sluggish customer experiences, or missed opportunities for automation.

As I wrote last month, LittleHorse helps ensure alignment between your business goals and your software, acting as a Command Center for Business-as-Code. AI Agents are starting to unlock the production of vastly greater amounts of code than ever before, making this alignment and governance even more crucial.

The Infrastructure Software world was revolutionized by Infrastructure-as-Code, which provides observability, governance, and agility to infra teams. Analogous problems in application development are soon to be solved by a new paradigm: Business-as-Code.