Qian Li, co-founder and chief architect at DBOS, dives into the creation of a durable execution platform rooted in groundbreaking research from Postgres and Spark. She discusses how DBOS enables resilient workflows by persisting program execution states, which is crucial for reliable applications. Li highlights the integration of AI, showcasing its real-world uses, and explains unique features like SQL-accessible state tables and a time-travel debugger. The conversation also compares DBOS to existing workflow technologies, revealing its advantages in reliability and observability.
