
SQLite in Practice (5): Who Am I? Where Am I?
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From error codes and retention policies to audit logs—make your queue operable.

From error codes and retention policies to audit logs—make your queue operable.

Use the right indexes so `ORDER BY ... LIMIT` can stop after the top 100.

Automatically reclaim stuck tasks—don’t let your queue turn into a graveyard.

Making sure two workers can’t claim the same job is harder than you think.

Use WAL and busy_timeout to bring lock contention in multi-worker setups down to an acceptable level.

Taming SQLite: from schema inspection to query plans.