One word, two unrelated meanings
The largest single source of confusion in this space, and it is pure vocabulary.
Lesson 01 of 06 · 6 min
"Workflow" means two entirely different things, and conflating them wastes more argument than any other error here.
| Sense | Meaning | Axis |
|---|---|---|
| Durable execution | A program whose execution state survives process death, running for months across restarts. | Reliability |
| Orchestration shape | Systems where models and tools run through predefined code paths, as against agents, where models dynamically direct their own processes. | Control flow |
These are orthogonal. You can have a non-durable predefined-path workflow, and a fully durable model-directed agent. Keep them separate or every design conversation stalls.
In a durable execution engine, "deterministic workflow code" means the code must…
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