Rust + Axum Async Microservice Guide: Job Queue, Retries, and Graceful Shutdown
If async tasks keep waking you up at 3 a.m., this guide is for you. We’ll build a resilient microservice with Rust + Axum that processes jobs reliably, scales well, and shuts down gracefully. The mental model: a busy coffee shop An HTTP request is like a customer placing an order. You shouldn’t block the cashier until the coffee is brewed. Instead: accept the order, hand it to the kitchen, and move on to the next customer. Our job queue is the order slip; workers are the baristas. ...