Brandon Cook
Principal Software Engineer at ThoughtWorks with experience building and assessing event-driven and durable computing platforms, focusing on operationalizing resiliency in distributed systems.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 38min
Durable computing: What is it and why now?
John Coleman, lead consultant with expertise in distributed systems and state recovery. Brandon Cook, principal engineer focused on operationalizing resiliency in event-driven platforms. They define durable computing and state recovery. They compare durable platforms to orchestration patterns, weigh tradeoffs and lock-in, discuss testing and versioning, and explore durable agents for AI and practical pitfalls.
