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by jbooth 5389 days ago
Because then you have to admin the real queueing system. If it's something simple, sometimes the one-time cost of re-solving the problem is less than the ongoing cost of dealing with that damn queueing system every time someone wants to set the app up on a new host, or a new dev wants to work with it, or it crashes, etc.

Fine line for when either approach is appropriate.