An Introduction to Solid Queue for Ruby on Rails

One of the most exciting additions to Rails 8 is undoubtedly Solid Queue, a new library for processing background jobs. You might not think it's that big of a deal. After all, there are plenty of other queuing systems out there. If you work with Rails, you'll likely know about Sidekiq and Resque — both are exceptionally performant and reliable. There is also GoodJob and the venerable DelayedJob. With all those options available, do we really need another queuing system? Let's find out together. In this two-part series, we'll dig deep into Solid Queue's internals, discover what makes it unique, and learn more about why it was created in the first place. Why Solid Queue for Ruby on Rails? Since Rails 7, the team at 37Signals has been on a quest to reduce the operational overhead needed to launch a new Rails application. As part of this, they made SQLite the new default database for Rails apps - even in production. Furthermore, they started an effort to eliminate additional infrastruc ... Read full article.