[scarface74]

I’ve run into all sorts of database locking issues and concurrency issues when using a database as a queue. I saw that mistake made a long time ago and I would never do it myself.

[wolfgang42]

Database engines are getting features like SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED, so what were once serious blockers on this idea may no longer be as much of a problem.

[wombatpm]

Is that necessary if you can just have your processes handle locking themselves?

[scarface74]

And if you skip records that you are depending on for your poor man’s queue, aren’t you just hiding bugs?