Comment by jlg23
9 years ago
> Why use a database as a queue?
Quote from the article:
"You don’t need to import a large and complex 3rd party app or library to implement a queue, and you don’t need to deal with the key mapping and namespace issues with advisory locking."
That is a strawman though.
"Why would you need to buy an expensive screwdriver? Your hammer will do a just dandy job of putting in screws"
Well, if the hammer does actually do a good enough job of putting in screws for your use case, what's the problem?
And let's be honest: for most people, it's good enough, scalability-wise. "You are not Google" and all that.