# Absurd Workflows

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Absurd Workflows and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a minimal, simple durable workflow engine that leaves you full control over how it is used.

## Why people recommend it

- Minimal and simple by design (5 comments): "Absurd, like Pi, is minimal and let's you have full control." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688887)) "even simpler than DBOS. Their comparison is a great read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48316104)) "I hope we find some simple solutions like Absurd too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45832551))
- Praised as a brilliant idea (3 comments): "I am so impressed that I am rewriting the state management of my workflow engine with Absurd" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830040)) "pretty happy to see Armin's shot at this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830741)) "I think it's a brilliant idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45829411))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Temporal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/temporal.md): 138 recommend
- [DBOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dbos.md): 39 recommend
- [Apache Airflow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airflow.md): 18 recommend
- [Restate](https://hackerapproved.com/p/restate.md): 16 recommend
- [Windmill](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windmill.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Absurd Workflows", https://hackerapproved.com/p/absurd/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).