--- title: What dead f*cking last taught me about durable execution description: A promotional post from Inngest ties a personal ultramarathon anecdote (finishing dead last in a 50k) to the launch of a marketing campaign called 'the long... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-dead-f-cking-last-taught-me-about-durable-execution-yk6qac90n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What dead f*cking last taught me about durable execution | daily.dev og:description: A promotional post from Inngest ties a personal ultramarathon anecdote (finishing dead last in a 50k) to the launch of a marketing campaign called 'the long... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-dead-f-cking-last-taught-me-about-durable-execution-yk6qac90n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yK6qAc90n.png og:image:alt: What dead f*cking last taught me about durable execution 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. # What dead f*cking last taught me about durable execution **[Inngest Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/inngest)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A promotional post from Inngest ties a personal ultramarathon anecdote (finishing dead last in a 50k) to the launch of a marketing campaign called 'the long run,' aimed at developers, apps, and AI agents built for long-running, non-deterministic workflows. It touches lightly on Inngest's durable execution features (steps, retries, fan-outs, scoring) and promotes upcoming in-person meetups in San Francisco and New York City. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What it means to build boring](https://daily.dev/posts/what-it-means-to-build-boring-eyxqy54j0) · Inngest Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Build AI Agents That Don’t Start Over When They Fail](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-ai-agents-that-don-t-start-over-when-they-fail-hdtnqpnlp) · System Design Newsletter · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [All your workflows are about to be long running. 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