#Queues

When two components such as microservices are communicating with each other, the usual communication...

Laravel queues feel easy in development. You set QUEUE_CONNECTION, run php artisan queue:work in a...

Vercel Daemons lets you run long-running processes that pull work from queues, databases, or third-party systems without an HTTP server. Now in Public Beta.

A worked out example of different job queueing semantics and how they affect workloads.

Entry-exit system, which replaces passport stamps with digital registration, causing huge delays at border checks

Wizz Air CEO Yvonne Moynihan says some passengers reported missing return or connecting flights home due to queues.

Introduction In modern systems, messaging queues are one of the most essential building...

On-demand concurrent builds are now available for Pro and Enterprise teams with a new 5-minute slot size for greater flexibility.

Vercel Queues is a message queue service for Vercel apps, now in Limited Beta. It enables background task processing using an append-only log for reliability, with support for pub/sub messaging, streaming, and built-in OIDC authentication.

Customers can now use Vercel Queues in public beta, without any restrictions or needing to be allow listed

Learn task queues: Celery, Bull, Sidekiq, delayed jobs, prioritization, and background processing patterns

From Reddit - r/programming: Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler

When I first learned about queues and background workers, I imagined something like this: request comes in job goes into queue worker picks it up immediately done In my head, everything was basically instant.…

Debouncing can reduce noisy background work, but it can also blur together events that should stay distinct. This piece looks at how to use debounced jobs in Laravel without delaying critical processing, masking real user intent, or over-optimizing the…

Recent Wharton research examines a new approach to assigning patients to doctors in the ER.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the US and Israel struck Iran in late February has sent shockwaves across the globe, with oil prices soaring and shipping disrupted.

A meningitis vaccination programme has been expanded following a deadly outbreak in Kent - with university students queuing for hours for jabs.