Announcing Passive Queue: The Rails Background Job System That Transcends Processing

Table of Contents

1 The Moment of Zen Clarity
2 The Problem We Didn't Know We Had
3 Introducing Passive Queue3.1 Features That Don't Exist3.2 One-Line Installation
3.1 Features That Don't Exist
3.2 One-Line Installation
4 The Philosophy Behind the Madness
5 The Command Line Experience
6 The Dashboard of Enlightenment
7 Born at RailsConf 2025
8 The Technical Implementation
9 Zero Dependencies, Maximum Zen
10 Get Started Today
11 The Future of Non-Productivity
12 Join the Movement

0ms processing time. Infinite scalability. 100% success rate. Zero failures.

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The Moment of Zen Clarity

It was Day Two of RailsConf 2025 in sweltering Philadelphia when the idea crystallized. My friend Justin and I were discussing the endless cycle of Rails optimization - everyone building faster queues, better job processors, more efficient background systems.

That's when Justin sparked the initial concept: What if we built a "Passive