Caching on cloudmato.comhttps://cloudmato.com/tags/caching/Recent content in Caching on cloudmato.comHugo -- gohugo.ioencloudmato.comcloudmato.comTue, 09 Jun 2026 18:38:02 +0530Why Redis? History, Use Cases & Best Alternativeshttps://cloudmato.com/posts/why-use-redis-history-alternatives/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:38:02 +0530cloudmato.comhttps://cloudmato.com/posts/why-use-redis-history-alternatives/<p>&ldquo;Just cache it in Redis&rdquo; — you&rsquo;ve probably heard that in a code review, a system design interview, or a Stack Overflow comment. It&rsquo;s almost a reflex at this point. But why Redis specifically? Why not a regular database with a good index, or any other in-memory store? I dug into the history, the architecture, and the current landscape of alternatives, and the story is genuinely more interesting than the meme lets on.</p>