Redis
4 articles on Redis.
The Cache Stampede That Took Down Our API: A Redis p99 War Story
A single expiring Redis key sent 4,000 requests to PostgreSQL at once and spiked our p99 latency to 9 seconds. Here's how cache stampedes happen, how we debugged ours, and the locking + jitter fixes that cut p99 by 80%.
February 10, 2026·7 min readMessage Queues: RabbitMQ vs Redis Streams vs Kafka - Complete Comparison
Deep comparison of RabbitMQ, Redis Streams, and Apache Kafka for message queuing. Performance benchmarks, use cases, and production patterns for choosing the right message broker.
December 19, 2025·11 min readRate Limiting & API Gateway Patterns: Production Implementation Guide
Master API rate limiting with token bucket, sliding window, and distributed algorithms. Implement Kong, Nginx, and custom rate limiters with Redis for high-traffic production systems.
December 19, 2025·12 min readRedis Caching Strategies: Complete Guide to High-Performance Caching
Master Redis caching patterns including cache-aside, write-through, write-behind, and cache invalidation strategies. Learn practical implementations with Python and real-world performance optimization techniques.
December 16, 2024·8 min read