# Queueing Without a Queue: Enter fastq

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Author: Puppo92

Published: 2025-02-10T10:08:09Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Backend Job: skill, salary and insights - Codemotion Magazine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/backend-job-skill-salary-and-insights-codemotion-magazine.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [Promise](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/promise.md>), [Concurrent Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrent-programming.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [callback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/callback.md>), [collina](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collina.md>), [dependency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency.md>), [getting-started](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/getting-started.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libraries.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [queue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/queue.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-architecture.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces fastq, an npm package for Node.js that provides in-memory queues for decoupling processes when a conventional queue is unavailable or unnecessary. It explains installation, the package's data-loss limitation when a process stops, and worker functions using callback or promise-based error handling.

## Source excerpt

How often have you needed to decouple processes using a queue, only to find that you didn't have one due to limitations such as resource constraints or the inability to install additional software? In this series, I'll show you how to solve this problem by using different libraries of tools that help you resolve it... Read more The post Queueing Without a Queue: Enter fastq appeared first on Codemotion Magazine.