https://www.nilpointer.blog/tags/worker-pattern/Recent content in Worker Pattern on A Blog for the UninitializedHugoen-us<a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Licensed under Apache 2.0</a>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:09:17 -0800https://www.nilpointer.blog/posts/2026/02/the-worker-pattern/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:09:17 -0800https://www.nilpointer.blog/posts/2026/02/the-worker-pattern/<p>I really like using a worker pattern with <a href="https://www.nilpointer.blog/posts/2026/02/golangs-unbuffered-and-buffered-channels/" >unbuffered channels</a>.</p> <p>API calls, especially when each can be handled separately and independently, are easily implemented with this pattern, and I&rsquo;ve seen it help tremendously when downloading artifacts for building in CI, for example.</p> <p>Instead of setting up a buffered channel with a capacity of 10 in an attempt to concurrently handle 10 requests, you can create an unbuffered channel and read from it using 10 workers.</p>