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Inngest Has a Free Event-Driven Functions Platform — Build Workflows with Steps, Retries, and Delays
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Inngest Has a Free Event-Driven Functions Platform — Build Workflows with Steps, Retries, and Delays

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov2h ago

Why Inngest? Inngest runs reliable functions triggered by events. Multi-step workflows with automatic retries, delays, and fan-out — no queues to manage. npm install inngest Define a Function import { inngest } from ' ./client ' export const processSignup = inngest . createFunction ( { id : ' process-signup ' }, { event : ' user/signup ' }, async ({ event , step }) => { // Step 1: Send welcome email await step . run ( ' send-welcome ' , async () => { await sendEmail ( event . data . email , ' Welcome! ' ) }) // Step 2: Wait 1 day await step . sleep ( ' wait-1-day ' , ' 1d ' ) // Step 3: Send onboarding email await step . run ( ' send-onboarding ' , async () => { await sendEmail ( event . data . email , ' Getting started guide ' ) }) // Step 4: Wait 3 days await step . sleep ( ' wait-3-days ' , ' 3d ' ) // Step 5: Check engagement const isActive = await step . run ( ' check-engagement ' , async () => { return await checkUserActivity ( event . data . userId ) }) if ( ! isActive ) { await

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