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Background jobs on Heroku
Background jobs significantly enhance a web application’s scalability by allowing it to unload tedious or CPU-intensive activities from the front-end.…
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VMs vs. Docker vs. Kubernetes
Many organizations adopt open-source libraries to power their systems. This has led to embracing various operating systems such as Windows…
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Message Queue vs Streaming
Message queues and streams have some subtle differences that can easily leave a developer scratching their head. While the differences may…
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Are Message Queues in Linux Obsolete?
If you look for information on message queues in Linux, you’re likely to come across a mixed bag of information.…
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Queueing Emails With Python IronMQ and SendGrid
Are you sending emails from within a web app? If yes, you need to do so asynchronously or else you’ll…
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Message Queue vs. Publish-Subscribe
If you’re trying to tie distributed systems together, you’re likely considering implementing a message queue or perhaps a publish-subscribe pattern.…
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Monitor AWS Lambda Functions Using Container Images
Since its inception, the concept of a serverless ecosystem has fascinated developers. While making deploying applications faster and simpler than…
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What Is a Messaging Queue and how can you utilise it?
A message queue plays an important role in distributed systems and containerized applications. With a message queue, you can set…
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Introduction to Message Queue Architecture
Before you can start to understand what a message queue is or how one works, it’s important to break down the…
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Amazon SQS Alternatives
Amazon Simple Queue Service, often called Amazon SQS, is a message queuing service that helps decouple microservices, containerized applications, and…
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Amazon SQS vs Apache Kafka
Amazon SQS and Apache Kafka are popular solutions on the market, but they aren’t created equal. Here’s what you should…
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How to Flush a Postfix Mail Queue
Many companies turn to Postfix as their mail transfer agent (MTA). As a free and open-source tool, Postfix is a…
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