Flagship migrated from Redis/Sidekiq to Postgres-backed Solid Queue — Redis eliminated
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Flagship migrated from Redis/Sidekiq to Solid Queue (PostgreSQL-backed with SKIP LOCKED), eliminating Redis entirely for two Shopify integration apps. Key advantage: jobs created in same transaction as data — impossible with Redis. Honest tradeoff: "not as fast as Redis, but sufficient for processing scale."
Published November 1, 2024
Added March 21, 2026