---
type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 21
recording_date: March 3, 2022 1:30 PM
season: 2
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/v1655826357/main-codingcatdev-photo/Linking_your_Microservices_with_Workflow.jpg
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/221-linking-your-microservices-with-workflows-5d5
excerpt: Swyx walks us through how to use http://temporal.io/ to link all of your microservice workflows.
guests:
  - swyx
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-2-21-linking-your-microservices-with-workflows
picks:
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      author: 'alex-patterson',
      name: 'The Wonder Years',
      site: 'https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-wonder-years/1c7ZvkdOhTaT'
    },
    { author: 'alex-patterson', name: 'devtools.fm', site: 'https://devtools.fm/' },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Swyx - Why Temporal',
      site: 'https://www.swyx.io/why-temporal/'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'GitHub CoPilot',
      site: 'https://github.com/features/copilot'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Build Svelte in 3D',
      site: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PJ_28fgLp8'
    }
  ]
slug: 2-21-linking-your-microservices-with-workflows
sponsors:
  - builder-io
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hjwQY4voY1244BUDcxiKB?si=dZzOyxudQ-ePLDjpz2mgnw
start: May 25, 2022
title: Linking your Microservices with Workflows
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUAB7mJsbFE
---

## Questions

1. Can you tell us a little about what Temporal is and how you got started there?
   1. [https://www.swyx.io/why-temporal/](https://www.swyx.io/why-temporal/)
   2. [https://gist.github.com/sw-yx/ff8a4f6757286444fa20b43f6b98b205](https://gist.github.com/sw-yx/ff8a4f6757286444fa20b43f6b98b205)
   3. [https://www.swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtime/](https://www.swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtime/)
2. Do you still need to use things like Cloud Pub/Sub or AWS SQS?
3. Should you use a scheduler of any kind outside of Temporal?
4. How does a temporal workflow increase productivity?
5. What services would Temporal help with?
6. Pricing is not public yet.
7. Who is the target customer?
8. How much are you getting to use Svelte?
