Design Principles

Design Principles

• Bounded > Unbounded: Fixed limits prevent cascading failures
• Explicit > Implicit: Backpressure forces correct overload handling
• Simple APIs > Clever Internals: Easy to use, hard to misuse
• Correct Shutdown > Fast Shutdown: No goroutine leaks, ever
• Metrics are Mandatory: Observability is not optional

Architecture

Producer → Submit(ctx) → Bounded Queue → Dispatcher → Adaptive Workers → Job Execution
                               ↓
                          Backpressure

Key components:

• Bounded Queue: Buffered channel with fixed capacity
• Dispatcher: Routes jobs to workers and monitors scaling
• Workers: Execute jobs with panic recovery and metrics tracking
• Scaling Logic: Adjusts worker count based on queue utilization