Qian Li
@qianli.dev
Co-founder @dbos.dev • Stanford CS PhD
Co-organizer @southbaysystems.xyz
Working on 🐘 Database + Systems + AI
Amateur bird watcher 🦉
Personal site: qianli.dev
She/her.
Co-organizer @southbaysystems.xyz
Working on 🐘 Database + Systems + AI
Amateur bird watcher 🦉
Personal site: qianli.dev
She/her.
I added two new demos showing durable agent patterns (parallel vs sequential) with @pydantic.dev AI + @dbos.dev:
- Deep Research: large fan-out parallel workflows
- Twenty Questions: long sequential subagent chaining
Both are long-running, so durable execution is necessary to survive crashes.
- Deep Research: large fan-out parallel workflows
- Twenty Questions: long sequential subagent chaining
Both are long-running, so durable execution is necessary to survive crashes.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I added two new demos showing durable agent patterns (parallel vs sequential) with @pydantic.dev AI + @dbos.dev:
- Deep Research: large fan-out parallel workflows
- Twenty Questions: long sequential subagent chaining
Both are long-running, so durable execution is necessary to survive crashes.
- Deep Research: large fan-out parallel workflows
- Twenty Questions: long sequential subagent chaining
Both are long-running, so durable execution is necessary to survive crashes.
p.s. We have quite a few LOTR fans here. One colleague joked, "DBOS might have saved Gondolin". Earlier this year, I finished both The Hobbit and LOTR books (and the movies, of course), so I'll allow it.
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
p.s. We have quite a few LOTR fans here. One colleague joked, "DBOS might have saved Gondolin". Earlier this year, I finished both The Hobbit and LOTR books (and the movies, of course), so I'll allow it.
Always regret not bringing my good camera when I see cool birds 🥹 Today, I saw multiple Double-Crested Cormorants standing in the sun with their wings spread to dry their feather. They turned around periodically to evenly dry both sides.
#bird
#bird
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Always regret not bringing my good camera when I see cool birds 🥹 Today, I saw multiple Double-Crested Cormorants standing in the sun with their wings spread to dry their feather. They turned around periodically to evenly dry both sides.
#bird
#bird
Decorated a little pumpkin diva 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Decorated a little pumpkin diva 🎃
I wrote a tutorial on integrating DBOS with Logfire. It's super easy to set up (kudos to the @pydantic.dev team!) -> just a few lines to configure the exporter and your Logfire write token. Once it's running, you'll get a unified view of your app with logs + traces in one place.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I wrote a tutorial on integrating DBOS with Logfire. It's super easy to set up (kudos to the @pydantic.dev team!) -> just a few lines to configure the exporter and your Logfire write token. Once it's running, you'll get a unified view of your app with logs + traces in one place.
Very fancy South Bay Systems setup at Adobe Founders tower tonight 🚀 @southbaysystems.xyz
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Very fancy South Bay Systems setup at Adobe Founders tower tonight 🚀 @southbaysystems.xyz
I care more about helping developers build reliable systems than chasing vanity metrics such as GitHub stars. Still, seeing the DBOS Python repo reach 1K 🌟 makes me smile.
Thanks for building durable workflows with @dbos.dev. Full speed ahead - Java release coming soon!
Thanks for building durable workflows with @dbos.dev. Full speed ahead - Java release coming soon!
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I care more about helping developers build reliable systems than chasing vanity metrics such as GitHub stars. Still, seeing the DBOS Python repo reach 1K 🌟 makes me smile.
Thanks for building durable workflows with @dbos.dev. Full speed ahead - Java release coming soon!
Thanks for building durable workflows with @dbos.dev. Full speed ahead - Java release coming soon!
I know that urge to track every user and collect data, but we make sure DBOS doesn't collect any data from our open source libraries. This matters a ton when integrating with other open-source software. Lean software with few dependencies means fewer back doors for malware or security/privacy risks.
October 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I know that urge to track every user and collect data, but we make sure DBOS doesn't collect any data from our open source libraries. This matters a ton when integrating with other open-source software. Lean software with few dependencies means fewer back doors for malware or security/privacy risks.
Had a fun time at the South Bay Systems meetup last night. Thanks @yugabytedb.bsky.social for hosting!
@codedrift.social gave a great talk on WebAssembly: what it is (and isn't), how it connects to WASI, and promising projects. He cuts through a lot of the hype vs. reality. Recording coming soon.
@codedrift.social gave a great talk on WebAssembly: what it is (and isn't), how it connects to WASI, and promising projects. He cuts through a lot of the hype vs. reality. Recording coming soon.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Had a fun time at the South Bay Systems meetup last night. Thanks @yugabytedb.bsky.social for hosting!
@codedrift.social gave a great talk on WebAssembly: what it is (and isn't), how it connects to WASI, and promising projects. He cuts through a lot of the hype vs. reality. Recording coming soon.
@codedrift.social gave a great talk on WebAssembly: what it is (and isn't), how it connects to WASI, and promising projects. He cuts through a lot of the hype vs. reality. Recording coming soon.
We’re back again… with the new Go release 😎
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We’re back again… with the new Go release 😎
Just released DBOS TypeScript v4.0!
Following our Python release, we trimmed dependencies in TS too: down from 27 to 6, while still implementing durable workflows and queues in a single library.
It works with both TS/JS and requires no extra orchestrator.
Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...
Following our Python release, we trimmed dependencies in TS too: down from 27 to 6, while still implementing durable workflows and queues in a single library.
It works with both TS/JS and requires no extra orchestrator.
Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...
October 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just released DBOS TypeScript v4.0!
Following our Python release, we trimmed dependencies in TS too: down from 27 to 6, while still implementing durable workflows and queues in a single library.
It works with both TS/JS and requires no extra orchestrator.
Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...
Following our Python release, we trimmed dependencies in TS too: down from 27 to 6, while still implementing durable workflows and queues in a single library.
It works with both TS/JS and requires no extra orchestrator.
Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...
Several people (thanks to @mitsuhiko.at and @sa.muelcolvin.com) noted early on that DBOS had too many dependencies. In the latest Python release, we trimmed it down to just 6 direct deps while still implementing durable workflows and queues in one library.
It's lightweight (for real).
It's lightweight (for real).
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Several people (thanks to @mitsuhiko.at and @sa.muelcolvin.com) noted early on that DBOS had too many dependencies. In the latest Python release, we trimmed it down to just 6 direct deps while still implementing durable workflows and queues in one library.
It's lightweight (for real).
It's lightweight (for real).
Docker Hub is partially down www.dockerstatus.com
Found it because our GitHub actions were failing to pull images.
Found it because our GitHub actions were failing to pull images.
September 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Docker Hub is partially down www.dockerstatus.com
Found it because our GitHub actions were failing to pull images.
Found it because our GitHub actions were failing to pull images.
I recorded my #p99conf talk yesterday, and my speaker swag box just arrived too! Super sweet and thoughtful gift. I already deployed stickers on my laptop :)
Huge thanks to the organizers @scylladb.com @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social for a smooth recording. Can't wait for the conference!
Huge thanks to the organizers @scylladb.com @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social for a smooth recording. Can't wait for the conference!
September 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I recorded my #p99conf talk yesterday, and my speaker swag box just arrived too! Super sweet and thoughtful gift. I already deployed stickers on my laptop :)
Huge thanks to the organizers @scylladb.com @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social for a smooth recording. Can't wait for the conference!
Huge thanks to the organizers @scylladb.com @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social for a smooth recording. Can't wait for the conference!
Something you don't see every day: Postgres creator (and our CTO) Mike Stonebraker signed up for the DBOS user group next week.
This time, Dosu will show how they use DBOS for document ingestion and agentic Q&A. Always inspiring to see what people are building!
Come hang out with us (and Mike).
This time, Dosu will show how they use DBOS for document ingestion and agentic Q&A. Always inspiring to see what people are building!
Come hang out with us (and Mike).
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Something you don't see every day: Postgres creator (and our CTO) Mike Stonebraker signed up for the DBOS user group next week.
This time, Dosu will show how they use DBOS for document ingestion and agentic Q&A. Always inspiring to see what people are building!
Come hang out with us (and Mike).
This time, Dosu will show how they use DBOS for document ingestion and agentic Q&A. Always inspiring to see what people are building!
Come hang out with us (and Mike).
We had our first job posting from a customer on our Discord! And yes, I immediately told them to cross-post in @eatonphil.bsky.social Software Internals channel too.
Awesome to see teams hiring specifically to expand their DBOS use cases. Join our community here: discord.gg/kgJeE7S2rA
Awesome to see teams hiring specifically to expand their DBOS use cases. Join our community here: discord.gg/kgJeE7S2rA
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We had our first job posting from a customer on our Discord! And yes, I immediately told them to cross-post in @eatonphil.bsky.social Software Internals channel too.
Awesome to see teams hiring specifically to expand their DBOS use cases. Join our community here: discord.gg/kgJeE7S2rA
Awesome to see teams hiring specifically to expand their DBOS use cases. Join our community here: discord.gg/kgJeE7S2rA
(Based on a true story today)
Me: I should go to bed early.
Also me: Nope I can't sleep. I really want to understand why this code isn't behaving as expected.
...
N hour(s) later: I figured it out, filed the bug, and now I can finally sleep with peace of mind.
Me: I should go to bed early.
Also me: Nope I can't sleep. I really want to understand why this code isn't behaving as expected.
...
N hour(s) later: I figured it out, filed the bug, and now I can finally sleep with peace of mind.
September 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
(Based on a true story today)
Me: I should go to bed early.
Also me: Nope I can't sleep. I really want to understand why this code isn't behaving as expected.
...
N hour(s) later: I figured it out, filed the bug, and now I can finally sleep with peace of mind.
Me: I should go to bed early.
Also me: Nope I can't sleep. I really want to understand why this code isn't behaving as expected.
...
N hour(s) later: I figured it out, filed the bug, and now I can finally sleep with peace of mind.
Check out our latest blog post! @jedberg.bsky.social shared his experience running queue services at Reddit, and reminded us why durable queues matter.
"If the queue itself went down... we could just lose votes, or comments, or submissions."
🔗 www.dbos.dev/blog/durable...
"If the queue itself went down... we could just lose votes, or comments, or submissions."
🔗 www.dbos.dev/blog/durable...
September 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out our latest blog post! @jedberg.bsky.social shared his experience running queue services at Reddit, and reminded us why durable queues matter.
"If the queue itself went down... we could just lose votes, or comments, or submissions."
🔗 www.dbos.dev/blog/durable...
"If the queue itself went down... we could just lose votes, or comments, or submissions."
🔗 www.dbos.dev/blog/durable...
Now we have "Star Wars" across our four languages: DBOS TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java.
Help us settle the galaxy balance by dropping your stars here: github.com/dbos-inc
Help us settle the galaxy balance by dropping your stars here: github.com/dbos-inc
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Now we have "Star Wars" across our four languages: DBOS TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java.
Help us settle the galaxy balance by dropping your stars here: github.com/dbos-inc
Help us settle the galaxy balance by dropping your stars here: github.com/dbos-inc
DBOS now has its own subreddit! Come hang out, share ideas, ask questions, and help us shape the future of durable workflows and queues.
Fun fact: our CEO @jedberg.bsky.social (aka jedberg) was the first employee at Reddit, and now he's our mod. Full circle moment.
🔗 www.reddit.com/r/dbos/
Fun fact: our CEO @jedberg.bsky.social (aka jedberg) was the first employee at Reddit, and now he's our mod. Full circle moment.
🔗 www.reddit.com/r/dbos/
August 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
DBOS now has its own subreddit! Come hang out, share ideas, ask questions, and help us shape the future of durable workflows and queues.
Fun fact: our CEO @jedberg.bsky.social (aka jedberg) was the first employee at Reddit, and now he's our mod. Full circle moment.
🔗 www.reddit.com/r/dbos/
Fun fact: our CEO @jedberg.bsky.social (aka jedberg) was the first employee at Reddit, and now he's our mod. Full circle moment.
🔗 www.reddit.com/r/dbos/
The highlight of every user group is hearing directly from our users.
Join us to see how doohickey.ai uses @dbos.dev to automate AI-powered ERP integrations.
Thursday, August 28 @ 11AM PT
Zoom (no recording — so don’t miss it!)
lu.ma/8rqv5o5z
Join us to see how doohickey.ai uses @dbos.dev to automate AI-powered ERP integrations.
Thursday, August 28 @ 11AM PT
Zoom (no recording — so don’t miss it!)
lu.ma/8rqv5o5z
August 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The highlight of every user group is hearing directly from our users.
Join us to see how doohickey.ai uses @dbos.dev to automate AI-powered ERP integrations.
Thursday, August 28 @ 11AM PT
Zoom (no recording — so don’t miss it!)
lu.ma/8rqv5o5z
Join us to see how doohickey.ai uses @dbos.dev to automate AI-powered ERP integrations.
Thursday, August 28 @ 11AM PT
Zoom (no recording — so don’t miss it!)
lu.ma/8rqv5o5z
I asked GPT-5 to "generate an image of you and me" in cartoon style. Here's what it came up with… well, it's been picturing me as a guy.
It said: "I don’t actually know your gender unless you tell me — the image I generated just used a generic cartoon human because I didn’t have any reference."
It said: "I don’t actually know your gender unless you tell me — the image I generated just used a generic cartoon human because I didn’t have any reference."
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I asked GPT-5 to "generate an image of you and me" in cartoon style. Here's what it came up with… well, it's been picturing me as a guy.
It said: "I don’t actually know your gender unless you tell me — the image I generated just used a generic cartoon human because I didn’t have any reference."
It said: "I don’t actually know your gender unless you tell me — the image I generated just used a generic cartoon human because I didn’t have any reference."
FOMO is real, so I did drive up to SF for the SF Systems meetup last night. Totally worth it - fun talks and great conversations! Thanks @shadaj.me @chris.wensel.net and the team for organizing it.
August 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
FOMO is real, so I did drive up to SF for the SF Systems meetup last night. Totally worth it - fun talks and great conversations! Thanks @shadaj.me @chris.wensel.net and the team for organizing it.