releases
A Job Queue in One SQLite File: ukue 0.1 Lets Small Teams Skip Redis
Sooner or later every web app needs to do something outside the request. Send the welcome email after the user has seen the page. Resize the photo while they carry on. …
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testing
How the ukue Job Queue Was Tested: 250 Killed Workers, 0 Lost Jobs
A job queue makes one promise above all others: a job that was added runs, even if the machine has a bad day. So the most important tests for ukue don’t check the …
guides
What Is a Job Queue? Background Jobs, Retries and Dead Letters Explained
A job queue is a to-do list for software. When something has to happen but doesn’t have to happen right now, a program writes it on the list and moves on. A …
the name
Why u Stands for Micro: How the ukue Job Queue Got Its Name
ukue is meant to be read as µkue, a micro queue. Plenty of people will say “you-queue” instead, and that’s fine. The u is a stand-in for the real sign …