Why I Built TLQ (Tiny Little Queue)
After 15 years as a backend engineer, I’ve configured my share of message queues. RabbitMQ, Redis, SQS, Kafka – they’re all powerful tools. But last year, I found myself setting up RabbitMQ for a small side project, and I couldn’t shake one thought: “This is overkill.” I just needed to process some background tasks. Instead, I was reading about exchanges, bindings, and durability settings. An hour later, I was still configuring. That’s when I decided to build TLQ – Tiny Little Queue. ...