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This looks pretty cool, and I remember Bull from a long time ago.

> since it uses Redis it should not be used as a job queue.

Would you mind expanding on why Redis isn’t a good fit for job queues?

Yeah, it's not easy to query against nor manipulate data (e.g. in comparison to MongoDB), HGETALL is a mess (e.g. as bull does), and by definition it's meant for caching and storage; it isn't a persistent storage database. I have used it as a persistent store for jobs/etc for a very long time - and I regret it, as it only has led to trouble and limitations.

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