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A durable job engine for Elixir, on Postgres. Jobs are built from memoized steps — retries resume work instead of redoing it. Budgets, workflows, human-in-the-loop, embedded dashboard.

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Belay – durable job engine for Elixir (step-level retries, Oban alt)

by baris_erdem·Jul 22, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Step-level retries save API costs where Oban would restart the entire job.

Strengths
  • •Memoized steps prevent re-running expensive API calls after transient failures.
  • •Embedded dashboard provides visibility without requiring a separate monitoring service.
  • •Pure Postgres storage removes the operational burden of managing Redis clusters.
Weaknesses
  • •Step-based model adds complexity for simple fire-and-forget background tasks.
  • •Early stage project with zero stars compared to Oban's mature ecosystem.
Target Audience

Elixir backend engineers building complex workflows

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