30-second elevator pitch: "For any operation that takes more than a few seconds, I return a job ID immediately and process asynchronously. A message queue decouples submission from processing. Workers pull jobs, execute them, and update status. The client polls for completion or gets a webhook callback. I add exponential backoff for retries and a dead l…
Managing Long-Running Tasks
- When a task takes more than a few seconds, do not make the client wait. Accept the request immediately (return...
