Compare with Temporal/Cadence

Dex runs on Temporal or Cadence as an interpreter. You write Step/RPC handlers instead of deterministic workflow functions.

• Temporal/Cadence: event-sourced workflow code + activities
• Dex: structural Steps, Attributes, Channels, Conditions — less determinism burden in app code, richer built-in waiting/RPC/locking model

Use Temporal when you want that programming model directly; use Dex when you want the structural Durable Execution abstractions described in Capabilities.