---
title: "Concurrency and parallelism in Ruby"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/concurrency-and-parallelism-in-ruby-bprutx6li
source_url: https://mathieu-eustachy.com/articles/concurrency-and-parallelism-in-ruby?locale=en
type: article
source: "Ruby Flow"
published: 2024-05-14T17:51:24.041Z
updated: 2024-05-14T17:51:23.441Z
tags: ["ruby", "rails"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Concurrency and parallelism in Ruby

**[Ruby Flow](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyflow)** · 6 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post discusses the concepts of concurrency and parallelism in Ruby and their importance. It explains when to use each concept based on the nature of tasks and computing resources. The article also highlights the use of Sidekiq as a concurrent queuing system in Ruby on Rails.

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