[at0mic22]

Every few years someone discovers FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED and represents it. I remember it lasting for 15 years at least

[atombender]

The "someone" in this case happens to be Michael Stonebraker, the creator of Postgres and CTO of DBOS.

[digdugdirk]

So glad someone else chuckled reading this. Two thumbs up for knowing better than the creator of the thing they're talking about!

[qianli_cs]

Yup, some features are timeless and deserve a re-intro every now and then. SKIP LOCKED is definitely one of them.

[skrtskrt]

with a nice NOWAIT when appropriate