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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Redis quickly became popular as part of the NoSQL movement, and he was hired by VMware to work on Redis development in 2010. >

ironic now considering that it created a "noRedis movement" itself

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Sounds like Valkey is the fork to look out for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I googled redis and went to the site but I'm still not exactly sure what it is

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It's an in memory database that can be used for various tasks and is part of many open-source server applications.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The name helps understand a bit more what it is: REmote DIctionary Server. It is essentially a dictionary (key:value store) that runs on a server and can be accessed easily and quickly by multiple applications at the same time. Because of its speed and simplicity, it is used in many different ways in various applications. It also has a lot more features than a dictionary.