Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Sign up for free
Menu
Search
Features
All features
Private URLs
Password Protection
Custom URLS
Scheduled publishing
Remove Branding
Restrict embedding
Deck Collections
Notes
Features
All features
Private URLs
Password Protection
Custom URLS
Scheduled publishing
Remove Branding
Restrict embedding
Deck Collections
Notes
Explore
Featured decks
Featured speakers
Programming
Technology
Storyboards
Explore
Featured decks
Featured speakers
Programming
Technology
Storyboards
Pricing
Search
Sign in
Sign up for free
Queues and the beanstalkd
Search
Daniel Cousineau
February 06, 2015
Programming
730
1
Share
Embed
Copy iframe code
Copy JS code
Copy link
Start on current slide
Queues and the beanstalkd
Given at Sunshine PHP 2015
Daniel Cousineau
February 06, 2015
More Decks by Daniel Cousineau
See All by Daniel Cousineau
Time is a Social Construct
dcousineau
1
710
React @ Scale
dcousineau
0
250
Frontend Performance & You
dcousineau
0
410
Feature Flags & You
dcousineau
2
130
React+Redux @ Scale
dcousineau
1
370
Reframing The Problem - DCJS July 2016
dcousineau
0
170
YAFT
dcousineau
2
180
How Not Writing PHP Makes You Better At PHP
dcousineau
0
420
JavaScript for PHP Developers
dcousineau
4
750
Other Decks in Programming
See All in Programming
AmebaブログはKMPから卒業します
kmars0605
0
310
Railsのためのパスキー実践入門 〜マルチテナントSaaSでの意思決定〜
utakaha
3
1.9k
baseline으로 마이그레이션, 리팩토링 안전하게 맡기기
fornewid
1
650
sbt 2.0: takeoff
eed3si9n
0
180
Event is what happens
moro
2
2.3k
AIがコードを書いてくれる時代、我々は何を確かめるのか
yosuke_furukawa
PRO
13
5.3k
Snowflake Openflow Connector利用の勘所 / 20261024developersio2026tokyo-snowflake-openflow
kasacchiful
PRO
0
260
Spec-driven Development with AI
simas
PRO
0
2.2k
[2026-10-14](C)Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活〜始まりの終わりと終わりの始まり〜
tosite
0
180
クラウドエージェントは、 何がそんなに便利なのか / what makes cloud agents so useful
rkaga
3
630
そのデザイントークン、Flutterでも同じ見た目になりますか?
nakamizu
0
140
Web Framework Benchmark Battle 2026, Any%
a_matsuda
3
3.1k
Featured
See All Featured
Practical Tips for Bootstrapping Information Extraction Pipelines
honnibal
25
2.1k
Building Experiences: Design Systems, User Experience, and Full Site Editing
marktimemedia
1
650
The Power of CSS Pseudo Elements
geoffreycrofte
82
6.6k
No one is an island. Learnings from fostering a developers community.
thoeni
21
3.9k
sira's awesome portfolio website redesign presentation
elsirapls
0
480
brightonSEO & MeasureFest 2025 - Winning Strategies for Black Friday CRO & PPC - Christian Goodrich
cargoodrich
3
880
Understanding Cognitive Biases in Performance Measurement
bluesmoon
32
3.1k
Connecting the Dots Between Site Speed, User Experience & Your Business [WebExpo 2025]
tammyeverts
11
1.1k
Design in an AI World
tapps
1
380
RailsConf & Balkan Ruby 2019: The Past, Present, and Future of Rails at GitHub
eileencodes
141
35k
How to Grow Your eCommerce with AI & Automation
katarinadahlin
PRO
2
330
WCS-LA-2024
lcolladotor
0
940
Transcript
QUEUES & THE GIANT BEANSTALKD
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM @dcousineau
@croscon
None
None
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM USE
CASE
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM THEORY
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM QUEUE:
The Data Structure
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM FIFO
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Synchronous
Computation N seconds m Seconds n+m seconds
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A
Fetch Z Work Z 5 5 Synchronous Computation
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A
Fetch Z Work Z 5 10 10 Work 5 Synchronous Computation
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Z
15 5 10 A Fetch Z Work 5 10 Work 15 Synchronous Computation
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Asynchronous
Computation N seconds m Seconds N seconds
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Asynchronous
Computation Multi-Threading Multi-Process Memory Thread Thread Thread process process process memory Memory Memory
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Race
Condition A B Fetch Z Work Z 5 5 Work Fetch Z 5
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Race
Condition A B Fetch Z Work Z 5 10 Work 10 Work Fetch Z 5 5
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Race
Condition A B Fetch Z Fetch Z Work Z 5 5 Work 10 Work 15 15 5 10
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Locking
A B Fetch Z Z 5 5 Fetch Z A Work
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Locking
A B Fetch Z Fetch Z Work Z 5 Work 15 15 15 B 5 A wait wait
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Locking
A B Fetch Z Fetch Z Work Z 5 Work 15 15 Work 25 25 15 B 5 A wait wait
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Dead
Locking A B Fetch Z Z 5 5 Fetch Y A Y 10 B 10
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Dead
Locks A B Fetch Z Z 5 5 Fetch Y A Y 10 B 10 Fetch Y Fetch Z
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Dead
Locks A B Fetch Z Z 5 5 Fetch Y A Y 10 B 10 Fetch Y Fetch Z wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM QUEUING
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM job
1 job 2 worker 1 worker 2
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM job
1 job 2 job 3 worker 1 worker 2 reserve job 1
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM job
1 job 2 job 3 worker 1 worker 2 reserve job 1 job 2
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM job
2 job 3 worker 1 worker 2 Completed Reserve job 3 job 2
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM job
3 worker 1 worker 2 job 3
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM worker
1 worker 2
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM queue
worker worker worker web app cron daemon db
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM worker
input output
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM do
work update database or save file[s] or new job all data necessary to complete job
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM resize
image make thumbs Original Location thumbnail[s] image file new Name[s]
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM compute
stats account Report account id account data
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM add
to master report account report
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM post
tweet api response twitter id access tokens tweet text metadata
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM update
database api response
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM EXAMPLE
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM http://kr.github.io/beanstalkd/
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM https://github.com/dcousineau/queues-example
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM TIPS
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Either
Read, or Write, never both
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM If
you write, design for OVERWRITE
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 worker 1 worker 2 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 reserve A: 10 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 reserve A: 10 B: 20 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM B:
20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 Completed Reserve B: 25 B: 20 A: 10 B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM B:
25 worker 1 worker 2 B: 25 A: 10 B: 20
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM worker
1 worker 2 A: 10 B: 25
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 worker 1 worker 2 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 reserve A: 10 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM A:
10 B: 20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 reserve A: 10 B: 20 A: ? B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM B:
20 B: 25 worker 1 worker 2 Completed Reserve B: 25 B: 20 A: 10 B: ?
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM B:
25 worker 1 worker 2 A: 10 B: 25 B: 20
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM worker
1 worker 2 A: 10 B: 20 B: 25 Completed Reserve B: 25
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM worker
1 worker 2 A: 10 B: 25
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM queue
worker web app cron db
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM scheduler
Every X minutes, check: “What should be done NOW” worker db web app Assume DB is up to date
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM its
fine to run a process let it die then resurrect it
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM OR:
have long running process listen for jobs fork single-run job process
DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME : @DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM Keep
jobs & workers small keep surface area for failures small
THANKS. FOR YOUR ATTENTION DANIEL COUSINEAU // FOLLOW ME :
@DCOUSINEAU OR HTTP://DCOUSINEAU.COM https://joind.in/13443 http://bit.ly/queues-ssp15