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Webinar

Building on a Known Foundation: A Catalog of Reusable Temporal Patterns

July 30, 2026 at 6am PT/9am ET

Temporal gives you a handful of durable execution primitives, but the hard part is composing them into designs that survive production. This webinar walks through a catalog of proven, reusable Temporal patterns across the problems every team hits: distributed transactions, entity lifecycles, messaging, orchestration, and quality-of-service. Each comes with the trade-offs that tell you when to reach for it.

Key takeaways:


  • A shared vocabulary: Recognize recurring design problems and reach for a named, proven pattern instead of solving each one from scratch.
  • Know when to choose what: Learn the decision criteria that point you to the right pattern for a given problem, rather than forcing a familiar one to fit.
  • Sound architecture by default: Start from designs that already account for failure, concurrency, and state, so correctness isn't an afterthought.
  • Clear trade-offs: Understand the cost and constraints behind each pattern so you choose deliberately rather than by habit.
  • Composable building blocks: Combine patterns to model sophisticated systems while keeping each piece understandable.


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Presenter

Tao Guo

Sr Staff Solutions Architect
Temporal Technologies

About the presenter

Tao Guo is a Senior Staff Solutions Architect at Temporal, where he helps enterprise developers succeed by designing and building resilient systems, applying best practices, and achieving operational excellence with Temporal.

Prior to Temporal, Tao served as a portfolio architect and tech lead at SaaS companies, leading the platform and integration teams behind products trusted by enterprise customers worldwide.

Presenter

Josh Smith

Sr Staff Solutions Architect
Temporal Technologies

About the presenter

Josh Smith is a Senior Staff Solutions Architect at Temporal, where he helps enterprises such as financial services, telecom, and ecommerce teams design and develop resilient, reliable systems. He began his career as a C developer and has held roles ranging from development team lead to chief architect, with deep experience in infrastructure and developer operations.

Prior to Temporal, Josh brought his expertise to companies like S&P Global and Red Hat. His favorite part of the job is helping developers succeed with Temporal and build software they’re proud of.

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