September 2025 Meetup

Modern software applications are distributed systems. Applications need to connect and communicate with services, data repositories, users, etc., all over a network. But how do we make them durable?

Event-Driven Architecture is a common pattern for facilitating this connectivity, using Events as the communication abstraction. However, this pattern introduces complexities as well, such as fragmented logic, increased latency, decreased observability, and more. But what if there were a way to get the benefits of Event-Driven Architecture without the complexities? Enter Durable Execution. In this talk, we'll discuss the pitfalls of Event-Driven Architecture, how Durable Execution solves these issues, and why Durable Execution, not Events, is the correct abstraction for building software.

Mason is currently a Senior Developer Advocate at Temporal Technologies who specializes in building community, developer-focused educational content, distributed systems, and Python. Prior to his work at Temporal he worked in Developer Relations at DigitalOcean and as a backend engineer at various companies. He’s an avid programmer, speaker, educator, and writer/blogger. He is President of the PyTexas Foundation, Conference Chair of the PyTexas Conference, and a founding organizer of the PyTexas Meetup.:q