@rauchg: Vercel Daemons Coined in MIT in 1963, "we fancifully began to use the word daemon to describe background processes that…
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Vercel Daemons enters public beta, letting developers run background workers that pull jobs from queues, databases, or third-party systems, with a nod to the MIT-coined term "daemon" from 1963.
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Vercel Daemons
Coined in MIT in 1963, “we fancifully began to use the word daemon to describe background processes that worked tirelessly to perform system chores”, inspired by Maxwell’s thought experiment of an imaginary agent in thermodynamics.
Vercel Developers (@vercel_dev): Vercel Daemons is now in public beta.
Run background workers that pull jobs from queues, databases, or third-party systems.
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