Redis w/ Nate Berkopec

Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?"

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Nate Berkopec on Twitter // Speedshop
Matt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to

"Redis is not faster than your database"
"Your data fits in RAM"
March of progress
neo4j
sidekiq
ACID
kredis
Wafris
"Running Sidekiq...with a volatile eviction policy"
Solid Queue
Solid Cache
The open source gift exchange
puma/puma
The Silver Rule