Workflow Orchestration Patterns

If you're building distributed systems with Temporal and need to understand the workflow versus activity split, this is a solid reference. It covers the fundamentals like why workflows must be deterministic, when to use the Saga pattern for rollback logic, and how entity workflows map to the actor model. The guidance on what you can't do in workflows (no random(), no datetime.now(), no direct I/O) is especially useful since those constraints trip up newcomers. It's drawn from Temporal's own docs and blog posts, so the patterns reflect how the framework is actually meant to be used. Best for when you're past the hello world phase but still figuring out how to structure real multi-step processes.