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Mike Perham on Sustaining Open Source with Sidekiq and Faktory

Mar 11, 2020
01:09:37

Topics include:

- 0:00 - What is Faktory?

- 2:28 – Why might I need a background job?

- 13:26 – Why did you make Sidekiq?

- 16:15 – What lead to Faktory?

- 24:02 – Why'd you use Go to implement Faktory's server?

- 25:36 – Who is Faktory for?

- 31:58 – What's the most interesting thing you've learned about architecting background job systems?

- 36:24 – How do you see job queuing work in a serverless world?

- 41:23 – What are some of your thoughts on open source sustainability?

- 46:48 – What makes a library productizable?

- 48:30 – Were you thinking entrepreneurially when starting Sidekiq?

- 53:30 – Could open source sustainability be solved by a marketplace or middleman?

- 55:14 – How has your business model and financial incentives affected the development of your open source libraries?

- 1:00:30 – How do you think about API additions and feature requests to Sidekiq?

 

Links:

- [Faktory](https://github.com/contribsys/faktory)

- [Sidekiq](https://sidekiq.org)

- [Mike on Twitter](https://twitter.com/getajobmike)

- [Mike's blog](https://www.mikeperham.com)

- [Building a $1 Million Business Solo with Mike Perham of Sidekiq](https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/016-mike-perham-of-sidekiq)

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