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This is the story of how three Software Engineers decided to shed some light on Background Job Processors by building one from scratch. We started by developing a deeper understanding about the use for a Background Job Processor (BJP), then we identified the most popular ones in the Ruby-ecosystem and, finally, we built one from scratch.

In this story we will walk you through the process of how we managed to build a BJP from scratch, Workerholic, that compares to Sidekiq in terms of performance.

But first, let us introduce ourselves:

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We are looking for our next opportunity, so don't hesitate to click us to get in touch!

Here is a quick demo of Workerholic in action:

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