Making Software
Episode 6: Building Rails Infrastructure: The Story Behind Solid Queue | Open Source & Community
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Is Redis still mandatory for scaling background workflows, or can modern database disks handle millions of jobs per day? In this episode of Making Software, Rosa Gutierrez (Principal Programmer at 37 Signals) breaks down the creation of Solid Queue: the default background job adapter shipping with Rails 8. We dive deep into the technical decisions behind moving away from memory stores, the…