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Life & fun · April 16, 2015

A Background Jobs Library for Go (like Sidekiq/Resque/DelayedJob)

A persistent and flexible background jobs library for go. - albrow/jobs

A Background Jobs Library for Go (like Sidekiq/Resque/DelayedJob) launched on April 16, 2015 with 5 votes, #1,583 of 3,600 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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