Trigger.dev vs BullMQ

import { task } from '@trigger.dev/sdk/v3';

export const sendWelcomeEmail = task({
  id: 'send-welcome-email',
  retry: { maxAttempts: 3, minTimeoutInMs: 1000, factor: 2 },
  run: async (payload: { userId: string; email: string }) => {
    const user = await db.users.findUnique({ where: { id: payload.userId } });
    await resend.emails.send({
      from: 'hello@myapp.com',
      to: payload.email,
      subject: 'Welcome!',
      html: `<p>Welcome, ${user.name}!</p>`,
    });
    return { sent: true };
  },
});

// Trigger from anywhere:
await sendWelcomeEmail.trigger({ userId: '123', email: 'alice@example.com' });

import { Queue, Worker } from 'bullmq';
import { Redis } from 'ioredis';

const connection = new Redis({ maxRetriesPerRequest: null });

// Producer: add jobs to the queue
const emailQueue = new Queue('emails', { connection });
await emailQueue.add('welcome', { to: 'alice@example.com', name: 'Alice' });

// Consumer: process jobs
const worker = new Worker('emails', async (job) => {
  console.log(`Sending email to ${job.data.to}`);
  await sendEmail(job.data);
}, { connection });