Tag: workers

Cost Optimization & FinOps

Mar 29, 2026 palaniappan p 16 min

How to Prevent Queue-Based Cost Explosions on AWS

SQS charges per API request. Retry storms, misconfigured visibility timeouts, and unlimited worker concurrency turn queue costs from predictable to catastrophic. Here is how to prevent it.

Cloud Architecture Part 3

Mar 29, 2026 palaniappan p 17 min

How to Build Reliable Queue Systems on AWS (SQS, Kafka, Redis)

SQS, MSK Kafka, and Redis queues are not interchangeable. Each has different cost models, ordering guarantees, and failure modes. This guide covers when to use each, how to autoscale workers on queue depth, and how to build idempotent consumers.