Blog
Launch week
Everything we launched during launchweek[0]
A recap of all the new features we announced during our first launch week.
James Ritchie
Launch week
Run Engine 2.0 (alpha)
Warm starts, multi-region workers, self-hosted workers, and new waitpoints.
Matt Aitken
Launch week
Batch processing
A bunch of improvements to our batch processing system, including new limits and dashboard visibility.
Eric Allam
Launch week
Trigger from the frontend
Trigger.dev now supports triggering tasks from the frontend.
Eric Allam
Launch week
Build extensions
Install system packages, like FFmpeg and Puppeteer, and modify the build process.
Matt Aitken
Launch week
Realtime goes GA
Keep your users updated with real-time task progress. Now with LLM streaming support and increased limits.
Eric Allam
Customer story
How NUMI uses Trigger.dev to build resilient systems
Agree Ahmed, CEO of NUMI, shares his story of how they have re-architected their code to use Trigger.dev, and how it has changed the way they think about building complex distributed systems.
Agree Ahmed
Customer story
Real-time PDF conversion with Trigger.dev: Papermark’s success story
Marc Seitz, co-founder of Papermark, runs through how they have used Trigger.dev to build a real-time PDF conversion service, with thousands of conversions successfully processed per month.
Marc Seitz
Article
How to scrape a website using Browserbase, Puppeteer, OpenAI and Trigger.dev
Learn how to scrape the top 3 articles from Hacker News and email yourself a summary every weekday at 9AM.
James Ritchie
Article
Trigger anything from a database change using Supabase with Trigger.dev
Learn how to use Trigger.dev with Supabase to create event-driven workflows. We'll cover triggering tasks from Edge Functions, performing database operations, and building a video processing pipeline with AI transcription.
Dan Patel
Article
From beta to 3.0: Trigger.dev v3 reaches GA
Trigger.dev v3 is now out of beta and at v3.0.0. This release includes a new CLI, a revamped build system, and more.
Eric Allam
Article
How we stopped xmin horizon blocking Postgres vacuuming: a deepdive
We encountered an issue with xmin horizon blocking Postgres vacuuming, causing system slowdowns. Learn about our troubleshooting process, the solution we implemented, and our steps to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Matt Aitken
Announcement
Trigger.dev v2 end-of-life and how to upgrade to v3
Trigger.dev v2 will reach end-of-life on January 31st 2025. Here's what you need to know and how to migrate to v3.
James Ritchie
Announcement
Trigger.dev v3 is now open to everyone
Today, I'm excited to announce that Trigger.dev v3 is now open to everyone. No more waitlist!
James Ritchie
Article
How we tamed Node.js event loop lag: a deepdive
We recently experienced some service degradation and downtime due to event loop lag in our Node.js service. Here's how we diagnosed and fixed the issue.
Eric Allam
Incident
Incident report on May 10, 2024
There was a major incident which caused runs to process extremely slowly and the dashboard to be unavailable. Here's what happened and what we've changed to prevent it from happening again.
Matt Aitken
Announcement
Trigger.dev v3 Developer Preview is now available
Today you can get early access to v3. No timeouts, easy reliability and a new dashboard for finding and fixing bugs.
Matt Aitken
Announcement
Trigger.dev v3: Durable Serverless functions. No timeouts.
Write regular code and gvet durability with no timeouts. This means writing long-running tasks is far easier than before.
Matt Aitken
Update
November 2023 Highlights
Here's everything we've shipped during November 2023.
James Ritchie
Article
Train ChatGPT on your Documentation
In this tutorial, we will build a system that indexes your website and lets you query it.
Eric Allam
Article
Top 4 ways to send notifications about new GitHub stars
Learn how to get notified about new GitHub stars every day using email, SMS, Slack and Discord.
Eric Allam
Article
Take NextJS to the next level: Create a GitHub stars monitor
Learn how to create a GitHub stars monitor to check your stars over months and how many stars you get daily.
Eric Allam
Article
Creating a resume builder with NextJS, Trigger.dev and GPT4
Learn how to create a resume builder using NextJS, Trigger.dev, Resend, and OpenAI.
Eric Allam
Update
October 2023 Highlights
Here's everything we've shipped during October 2023.
James Ritchie
Article
Turn your face into a super-hero with NextJS, Replicate, and Trigger.dev
Learn how to build a web application that allows users to generate AI images of themselves based on the prompt provided.
Eric Allam
Article
Get visibility on X (Twitter): Schedule your posts with NextJS
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an X post scheduler using X, Supabase and Trigger.dev.
Eric Allam
Update
September 2023 Highlights
Here's everything we've shipped during September 2023. TL;DR: a lot!
James Ritchie
Article
Achieve NextJS Mastery: Build a Sales Page with Stripe and Airtable
Learn how to build a sales landing page using Next.js, Stripe, Airtable and Trigger.dev.
Eric Allam
Article
Generator unlocked: Create memes with ChatGPT and NextJS
Learn how to build a meme generator in Next.js using Trigger.dev.
Eric Allam
Announcement
Trigger.dev raises $3M
Trigger.dev, the open source background jobs framework, has today announced a $3M seed round.
James Ritchie