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Scaling Hangfire: Process More Jobs Concurrently

As you start enqueuing more background jobs with Hangfire, you might need to increase the number of Consumers that can process jobs. Scaling Hangfire can be done in a couple of ways that I’ll explain in this post, along with one tip on what to be aware of when starting to scale out. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. Producers & Consumers First, let’s clear up how Hangfire works with producers and consumers. A Hangfire producer is creating background… Read More »Scaling Hangfire: Process More Jobs Concurrently

Using Hangfire and MediatR as a Message Dispatcher

Two popular libraries in Hangfire and MediatR can be used together to create a pretty powerful out-of-process messaging dispatcher. I’ve covered this a bit many years ago but I figured I’d give it a refresh since it’s a bit easier in the world of ASP.NET Core. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. Hangfire and MediatR Bridge/Wrapper The first thing you need to do is create a bridge/wrapper around MediatR. At first this may seem completely pointless, but it has… Read More »Using Hangfire and MediatR as a Message Dispatcher

Why use MediatR? 3 reasons why and 1 reason not

The MediatR library by Jimmy Bogard has become increasingly popular over recent years, and deservedly so. By its own definition, it’s a simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET. Why are so many developers using it? Why should you use MediatR? Here are 3 reasons why you should at least consider using it and one reason why shouldn’t. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this one regarding MediatR. What is MediatR? For those unfamiliar with MediatR library or the mediator pattern: In software engineering, the mediator pattern defines an object that encapsulates how a… Read More »Why use MediatR? 3 reasons why and 1 reason not