# Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal anti-patterns (part 2)

DevFeed: [Spooky Stories: Chilling Temporal anti-patterns (part 2)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/spooky-stories-chilling-temporal-anti-patterns-part-2-35987.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/spooky-stories-chilling-temporal-anti-patterns-part-2>)

Author: Joshua Smith

Published: 2024-10-21T15:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Domain-driven design (DDD)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/domain-driven-design.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patterns.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains Temporal workflow anti-patterns through a playful top-10 format. It focuses on avoiding oversized workflows by modeling simple processes, separating subprocesses into workflows or functions, and using Nexus and distributed-systems patterns to manage complexity.

## Source excerpt

Even more Temporal best practices (and their corresponding anti-patterns) explained.