Rosa Gutiérrez & Solid Queue

In this episode of ‘On Rails’, host Robby Russell (@planetargon) chats with Rosa Gutiérrez, Principal Programmer at 37signals, about the technical decisions behind Solid Queue - a database-backed job queue replacing Resque in their Rails apps.Rosa dives into why her team built Solid Queue, how it improves reliability, visibility, and maintainability, and the challenges of migrating live apps like Hey during active development. Learn how they tackled recurring jobs, long-running tasks, and testing strategies, plus insights on system design, scaling, and the joy of deleting old code.Topics:Why 37signals replaced ResqueBuilding a job queue with ActiveJob + MySQLTransparent job states & using Mission Control as a dashboardMigrating with minimal impactBest practices for recurring and long-running jobsRecommended tools, testing gems, and dev booksLinks:Rosa's migration script for scheduled jobs from Resque to Solid QueueAcidic JobChaotic JobRosa.codesRosa’s videos on Ruby EventsRosa on the 37signals Dev blogRosa on GithubRosa on LinkedInBook Recommendation: Refactoring, Second Edition by Martin Fowler#RubyOnRails #SolidQueue #BackgroundJobs #37signals #OnRailsPodcastSend us Fan MailOn Rails is a podcast focused on real-world technical decision-making, exploring how teams are scaling, architecting, and solving complex challenges with Rails. On Rails is brought to you by The Rails Foundation, and hosted by Robby Russell of Planet Argon, a consultancy that helps teams modernize their Ruby on Rails applications.