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		rosser on Feb 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is PostgreSQL good enough? I'd argue that a pattern as prone to subtly (or grossly) incorrect implementation as databases-as-work-queues is qualifies, yes.

einhverfr on Feb 14, 2017 [–]

But all work queue architectures I have worked with have subtle problems which are easy to get wrong. Might we conclude that the use of a work queue is an antipattern?

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