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title: "Discussion on \"I Thought I Needed a Database. Then I Needed Cloudflare's Durable Objects\" | Hashnode"
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# [I Thought I Needed a Database. Then I Needed Cloudflare's Durable Objects](https://vinyldavyl.hashnode.dev/i-thought-i-needed-a-database-then-i-needed-cloudflare-s-durable-objects?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A small story about building Obverse, agent conversations, and discovering that sometimes you don't need more storage, you need something that remembers.

Oct 1 · 7 min read · vinyldavyl.hashnode.dev  
Updated Oct 8  
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## Written by

[Vinyl Davyl](https://hashnode.com/@Vinyl-Davyl)

@Vinyl-Davyl · Lagos State, Nigeria

  
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## Responses 2

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[Kartik N V J K](https://hashnode.com/@kartik-nvj)

[Oct 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-thought-i-needed-a-database-then-i-needed-cloudflare-s-durable-objects/6abdfe46013f07f9e3578090/comment/6abead5d18b3cf69186860ca)

Reframing it as what owns the conversation while it is alive is the shift that made Durable Objects click for me. The single-threaded execution per object is underrated for agent systems specifically, it removes a whole class of race conditions when a tool result and a user message land on the same session at once. How does hibernation behave if an agent has an LLM call in flight when the object goes idle?

[Vinyl Davyl](https://hashnode.com/@Vinyl-Davyl)

[Oct 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-thought-i-needed-a-database-then-i-needed-cloudflare-s-durable-objects/6abdfe46013f07f9e3578090/comment/6abead5d18b3cf69186860ca#reply-6ae08c0f5ccc88ba7425fa00)

all based human in the loop and re-trigger calls. thanks for reading through and following [Kartik N V J K](https://hashnode.com/@kartik-nvj "Kartik N V J K") appreciate