Show HN: I ported my background task queue to TypeScript (github.com)

Hello there,

One year ago I posted[0] on HN[1] a replacement for Celery, a background task queue for Python.

WakaQ has been running in production[2] for over a year, and it's performed flawlessly. I've even been able to reduce the amount of worker machines needed, saving compute costs, even though the number of tasks executed has increased over time[3].

Now I'm starting a new Next.js project using TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma, hosted on DigitalOcean App Platform and I needed to execute code in the background without Python. So, I've ported WakaQ into TypeScript. I just got it working today so it probably has room for improvement, but it's working in production!

Let me know what you think after checking out the repo[4].

[0] https://wakatime.com/blog/56-building-a-background-task-queu...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32730038

[2] https://wakatime.com

[3] https://twitter.com/alanhamlett/status/1694460497276305427

[4] https://github.com/wakatime/wakaq-ts