# GoodJob

6 Hacker News commenters recommended GoodJob and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Ruby background job library backed by Postgres, recommended for high throughput and as a solid implementation. The most common caveat is its reliance on Postgres-specific features.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid, strong implementation (2 comments): "Good Job is a strong attempt." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799881)) "are solid implementations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47330387))

## What people warn about

- Uses Postgres-specific features (1 comments): "The main blocker for me with GoodJob is that it uses certain pg-specific features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46616610))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Oban](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oban.md): 39 recommend
- [Celery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celery.md): 33 recommend
- [Solid Queue](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solidqueue.md): 22 recommend
- [Sidekiq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekiq.md): 14 recommend
- [Django background tasks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django-background-tasks.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GoodJob", https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodjob/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).