queueCTL — Design notes
2024-11-02 • Go · CLI · Concurrency
Design notes for queueCTL: a distributed background job queue with worker pools, back-pressure, and graceful shutdown.
### Summary
queueCTL is a CLI-first background job system designed to be simple to operate while providing good defaults for reliability. It uses a worker-pool model with bounded queues and back-pressure to avoid overloading downstream systems.
Key points
- Worker pools with configurable concurrency
- At-least-once delivery with exponential backoff retries
- Idempotent job handlers to tolerate duplicate runs
- Graceful shutdown: drain in-flight tasks and expose health endpoints
Implementation notes
- Keep the scheduler single-threaded to reduce coordination complexity.
- Use persistent job queue (local WAL + optional central store) for durability.