I ve been thinking a lot about the gap between simple automation (one trigger one action) and the workflows teams actually need in production (branching, retries, logs, replay, code steps). I ve started calling the second category orchestration coding building workflows the way we build software: clear steps, conditions, and observability.

A few questions for makers and builders here:

• When does an automation become orchestration for you?

• What breaks most often in real workflows: integrations, data mapping, or AI variability?

• Do you prefer visual builders, code-first (Temporal/LangGraph), or a hybrid? Why?

Context: I m building Neurana around this idea (workflow + code steps + managed runtime), and I m trying to understand which reliability features people care about most.