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"Processed 500M+ background jobs with 0 data loss"

Out-of-the-box solutions like BullMQ were hitting memory limits at our scale; we needed a DB-backed system with better observability.

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Jobs Processed
500M+
Throughput
1.2k/s
Reliability
100%
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ENGINEERING_LOGS

#1 Reliability at Scale

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Ensuring "Exactly Once" delivery semantics while maintaining high throughput across 20+ worker instances.

SOLUTION_APPLIED

Implemented row-locking (SKIP LOCKED) in Postgres.