I built a distributed job queue in Go to understand how they actually work

I have used job queues my whole developer life without knowing what was inside them. So I built...

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Go job queue combines Redis (speed) and PostgreSQL (durability) with automatic crash recovery. Reveals why production systems need dual storage and crash recovery—essentials many managed queues lack, driving demand for custom-built systems.

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I have used job queues my whole developer life without knowing what was inside them.

So I built one.

Not a wrapper around an existing queue. A full implementation from scratch

with Redis, PostgreSQL, goroutines, and real failure handling.

Here is everything I learned.

I built a distributed job queue in Go to understand how they actually work

I built a distributed job queue in Go to understand how they actually work

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