# An introduction to Temporal Workflows

DevFeed: [An introduction to Temporal Workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-introduction-to-temporal-workflows-36116.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/workflow-introduction>)

Author: Dominik Tornow

Published: 2022-01-24T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reliability.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [AWS Lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-lambda.md>)

Tags: [abstraction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/abstraction.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/introduction.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [retries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retries.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

This introduction explains Temporal Workflows as an abstraction for reliable, scalable execution in distributed systems. It contrasts workflow executions with regular functions using a monthly reminder-email example and describes how workflows address failures, retries, duplication, and idempotence that otherwise require multiple infrastructure services.

## Source excerpt

Discover how Temporal workflows offer reliable execution with built-in failure handling, ensuring correct application behavior at scale.