--- title: The simplest way to write workflows as code | daily.dev description: Restate allows developers to write lightweight, flexible, and durable workflows as code, combining the benefits of workflows with the ease of regular... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-simplest-way-to-write-workflows-as-code-ffjug1ipg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The simplest way to write workflows as code | daily.dev og:description: Restate allows developers to write lightweight, flexible, and durable workflows as code, combining the benefits of workflows with the ease of regular... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-simplest-way-to-write-workflows-as-code-ffjug1ipg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ffjuG1ipG.png og:image:alt: The simplest way to write workflows as code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The simplest way to write workflows as code **[Restate](https://daily.dev/sources/restate)** · 11 min read · 34 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Restate allows developers to write lightweight, flexible, and durable workflows as code, combining the benefits of workflows with the ease of regular functions. It eliminates the need for complex configuration files and extra infrastructure, making workflows executable directly in code using the Restate SDK. Key features include Durable Execution, which logs and recovers workflow progress, and flexibility, allowing workflows to run in various environments like local servers, K8s, and AWS Lambda. Restate integrates easily, enabling retries, idempotency, and resilience for both long-running and latency-sensitive tasks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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