Retries, Backoff, and Why Jitter Is Not Optional
Retrying is easy. Deciding when to retry, and making sure everyone doesn't decide the same thing, is the actual work.
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Three Priority Tiers in One Number
A single Redis sorted set gives strict priority and FIFO inside each tier. Then I checked the arithmetic.
Two Stores, One Job, and the Gap Between Them
Splitting durable truth from fast dispatch buys a lot. It also creates a dual write I never made atomic.