How We Handle BullMQ Queue Backlogs (Without Stressing Over It)
One of the most overlooked issues when working with BullMQ (or any job queue, really) is quietly building backlogs. It doesn’t crash the system – but it slows things down until something breaks. After a few rough incidents (hello weekend alerts 😅), we started tracking how many jobs are waiting, prioritized, or delayed per queue. […]