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by dmk23 5388 days ago
The title of the article is not very representative of its contents. It should be: "5 subtle ways you’re using MySQL as a queue, and how it COULD bite you IF you use poor schema design NOT optimized for YOUR workload".

MySQL queues work just fine with the recommendations Barron provides himself "1) avoid polling; 2) avoid locking 3) avoid mixing queue and archive tables".