Queue Systems Debate

Comments debate the merits of dedicated queue systems (e.g., Redis, Kafka) versus using databases like Postgres for job queuing, scalability, performance, and simplicity in applications.

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CPU DB OP EventBridge SQS OS github.com i.e ycombinator.com queue queues redis implementation postgres systems task database commands application

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aligajani Oct 7, 2016 View on HN

Queue system? Care to elaborate.

snazz Apr 5, 2019 View on HN

Queuing works most of the time, does it not?

jondot Dec 14, 2016 View on HN

You are hand-waving many properties of purpose-built queue systems.

csours May 21, 2020 View on HN

I'm curious if you are comparing this to a non-queue solution or to a different queue system?

Avalaxy Jun 10, 2015 View on HN

You're going to need queues is you want to make it scale.

arunix Dec 7, 2024 View on HN

What are its advantages compared to a more dedicated job queue system?

exhaze Aug 21, 2020 View on HN

Can you give more context about your projects i.e. what makes them require a super high-performance queue?

ngrilly Apr 5, 2019 View on HN

Where do you queue: in memory? on disk? in a dedicated queue server (Redis, Kafka, ActiveMQ, etc.)? in another SQLite database?

PetahNZ Dec 5, 2019 View on HN

Not sure the op's case, but typically it's better for queue processing.

antifa May 23, 2022 View on HN

Why build a queue before you really need it when you can just use postgres?