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T Sudhish Nair
T Sudhish Nair

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Understanding Queueing Theory

Continuing our “Scaling Rails” series, our next article is about understanding Queueing Theory.

In web apps, tasks like video uploads, bulk emails, or report generation don’t need to run immediately — they’re handled in the background. Queueing theory helps us understand how these background systems perform under different loads.

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