How I learned of the importance of idempotency for work queues: a thread.https://twitter.com/ElleArmageddon/status/1255870742727585792 …
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I broke down crying after the first three, and called my dad, certain that I had just bankrupted the business. We actually lost two customers. One came back after receiving an explanation. Anyhow, that’s why you add to queues using an idempotency key.
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Worth noting, since people often think that only noobs made mistakes: I was 10 years into my career at this point, have a CS degree, had run multiple businesses and written code used in production by Serious People at my day job, etc.
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