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Broadcasting Shell Output

#563 May 17, 2026 pro

In this episode, we will have a look at a shell command that runs in a background job, but broadcast its output in real time to the browser.

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Worker Limits

#520 Jul 27, 2025 pro

In this episode, we look at situations when an external API does not have a normal rate limit, but instead has concurrency limits. This can also apply to situations where you have limited resources on the API that you're calling. This can also work well in other situations where the background job is accessing limited resources.

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LLM Insights

#509 May 11, 2025 pro

In this episode, we explore generating insights from product data using a self-hosted LLM. By analyzing purchase and cart behavior, we stream actionable recommendations directly into the UI.

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ActiveJob Callbacks

#505 Apr 13, 2025 pro

Callbacks are typically something that I avoid or try to use only if they make sense. However, in background jobs, they have a different feel to them and can be very powerful while helping keep the code organized. In this episode, we'll explore three different callbacks in the background jobs.

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Solid Queue v1.0.0

#476 Sep 29, 2024 pro

There's been a lot of updates to Solid Queue recently and with these changes came with some different approaches in how we set up the database and get visibility into the background workers.

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LLM Context

#446 Mar 10, 2024 pro

Building on the previous episode, we look at refactoring our background job into a more maintainable object and provide context to the LLM so that we can chain together responses for a more conversational experience.

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Campfire Bots

#444 Feb 25, 2024 pro

In this episode, we explore the practical use of Campfire Bots for webhook applications. We'll start by setting up an AI Image Generator bot that interacts with our Ruby on Rails application, and then connect it to a self-hosted Large Language Model (LLM). Our initial goal is to get the system working. After that, we'll focus on refactoring the code to improve its safety and maintainability.

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Solid Queue

#438 Jan 21, 2024 pro

Solid Queue is a DB-based queuing backend for Active Job, designed with simplicity and performance in mind. In this episode, we'll look at exploring Solid Queue and and option for a graphical interface to view the jobs.

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Discussing Race Conditions

#348 May 8, 2022 pro

In this episode, we have a look at some causes of race conditions and go about some ways to troubleshoot and mitigate them.

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Good Job

#333 Jan 23, 2022 pro

GoodJob is a multithreaded, Postgres-based, ActiveJob backend for Ruby on Rails.

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