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Practical articles on delivery and infrastructure, updated with what we are seeing in 2025 and planning for 2026—search and AI overviews, platform releases, FinOps pressure, and sharper performance budgets. Use the category list to narrow posts; the same filters appear next to every article.
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Redis as Cache-Aside: TTLs, Key Naming, and Stampede Control
Practical Redis caching for HTTP APIs backed by SQL—key design, TTL discipline, and single-flight locks when hot keys expire.
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Redis for Sessions, Rate Limiting, and Social API Token Buckets
Centralizing ephemeral state: sliding sessions, fixed-window rate limits, and per-tenant quotas for outbound calls to Meta, LinkedIn, or Gemini.
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Cache Invalidation When SQL Writes Land: Redis Tags, Events, and Tradeoffs
Keeping NoSQL-style caches coherent with relational writes—outbox pattern, topic fanout, and when to just bump a version prefix.
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