How does Sidekiq work?

2024-02-22

A few weeks ago, I sat gobsmacked at my laptop reading one of the most impressive technical deep dives I’ve ever read. Dan Svetlov wrote a blog post “How does Sidekiq really work?” on his blog which delved deep into Sidekiq’s internals, explaining how it actually works. The most impressive part of this blog post is that it was 100% accurate. There were no mistakes or misunderstandings, Dan did the work and shows the receipts.

I was so impressed that I reached out to Dan privately and bought the rights to publish his post. He learned a ton, taught his readers about Sidekiq and made good money to do so.

If you want to learn more about Ruby infrastructure and background jobs, this is a fantastic resource. You can now read his post at https://mikeperham.com/how-sidekiq-works/.