@davetron5000 @Damax Not #MySQL; it's no longer fully #FOSS, but #MariaDB is. You'd have to look at #resque yourself before deciding to fork it, fix it, find alternatives, or build something new. I don't have the strong opinion you do about that, but will assume that someone gave it more than a passing thought.

New isn't always better, but neither is it inherently #NIHsyndrome. Nothing prevents using other #DBs, #ORMs, or #queues if willing to forego #conventionoverconfiguration.