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Durable queues for SQLite.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Adds pub/sub, task queue, and event streams to SQLite. No need for client polling or a broker. Shipped as a SQLite extension with bindings for Python, Node, Rust, Go, Ruby, etc. Allows an INSERT and enqueue as part of the same transaction (with rollback). Also supports cron.

Tradeoffs

Polling is via a SELECT per millisecond per database, which should be lightweight, but is an extra high-frequency query. Still experimental.

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