Have definitely thought through this process and wound up using Redlock for the time being. I didn't expect it to be a perfect system but I don't want to deal

Have definitely thought through this process and wound up using Redlock for the time being. I didn't expect it to be a perfect system but I don't want to deal with setting up a queuing system right now when there simply isn't enough activity taking place. Will it fail at some point? Possibly, but it's a great intermediary solution as you state. I for one would be curious to see other solutions to this problem. Are there any resources you'd recommend?