# My journey to Temporal

DevFeed: [My journey to Temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-journey-to-temporal-36071.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/tihomir-journey-to-temporal>)

Author: Tihomir Surdilovic

Published: 2021-06-03T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [business logic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/business-logic.md>)

Tags: [architectures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architectures.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [story](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/story.md>), [temporal-voices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-voices.md>)

## AI overview

A developer describes a 12-year journey through open-source workflow technologies before joining Temporal. The article explains that Temporal integrates with existing applications and architectures while allowing developers to make selected business logic resilient, transactional, and stateful.

## Source excerpt

I have been involved with open-source workflow technologies since 2009, right when they started taking off. Back then we were enthusiastic about it but more importantly, the work was done with the right mindset.