Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#1

Post by Spoutingshite » Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 7:07 PM UTC

Are you using a message queue? Perhaps you are using something like AMQP to keep your various applications together? What sort of uses are you putting your message queue to?

Re: Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#2

Post by bravura » Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 7:30 PM UTC

You should rename this to "Ask HN".

Re: Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#3

Post by Spoutingshite » Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 7:52 PM UTC

Ok...I will go first ;)

One of our clients is using a MQ to link a fleet of 550 electric vehicles to a head office app that checks for vehicle service issues.

Re: Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#4

Post by adam-_- » Mon, Sep 20, 2010, 10:05 PM UTC

Synchronising product/stock details from warehouse to website.

Re: Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#5

Post by gonepostal » Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 5:06 AM UTC

Use it to schedule "near time" jobs that are not suitable to do inline during a web request.

Re: Ask HN: Message Queue use cases

#6

Post by peterjohnson » Tue, Sep 21, 2010, 8:37 AM UTC

I use MQ's to queue things that I want to do that are computationally expensive but shouldn't impact the user experience. A feature that is necessary but doesn't require immediate execution. For example, I use a MQ to manage the creation of thumbnails on a website that I manage when somebody uploads a new photo.