PostgreSQL Gets Native Durable Workflows with Microsoft's pg_durable

Rather than orchestrating long-running jobs across separate systems—cron, workers, queues, and status tables—pg_durable embeds durable execution directly into PostgreSQL. This eliminates infrastructure complexity and centralizes workflow logic with built-in fault tolerance and checkpointing. As durable execution becomes industry standard, this native database approach enables data engineers to build resilient pipelines that survive crashes without external orchestrators, reducing operational overhead while improving auditability.