in laravel, using $tries greater than 1 in a job is usually a red flag.. however, it can make sense when combined with $maxExceptions = 1

tip: use $tries > 1 together with $maxExceptions = 1 so that:
- the job is retried only when you explicitly call release()
- if an exception is thrown (unexpected or uncontrolled behavior), the job is not retried

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laravel is so good.. the "deleteFileAfterSend" method is absolute gold when you’re working with endpoints that download a file that only needs to exist temporarily on your system.. love it! youtube.com/shorts/EUH_kDns5QM?si=hQ7iw7VaNcwVrXtO

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