Published onMarch 15, 2026Message Queue Patterns — SQS, Kafka, and BullMQ for Different Workloadsmessage-queuessqskafkaasync-processingMaster message queue patterns: SQS FIFO for ordered processing, DLQ setup, Kafka for event streaming with consumer groups, BullMQ for in-process jobs, visibility timeout, deduplication, and backpressure.