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If your data storage pattern involves a database write followed by a message queue insert, then the ability to wrap those in a transaction can be a good trade-off to avoid consistency failures between the writes.

Avoid consuming that queue directly though -- which is probably what you're thinking when saying this is a dumb idea and I tend to agree. Typically, you want to have a worker that loads entries into a more optimal queue for your application.

Bottom line though, there is not a single best "queue" product. There are lots of queues offering wildly different semantics that directly impact use cases.