Why didn't anybody tell me about Redis hash slots?

Why didn't anybody tell me about Redis hash slots?blog.verygoodsoftwarenotvirus.dev

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lesam5 days ago

I'm confused how you find the data again in this cache? It seems like you're randomly salting your cache keys, so I don't understand how subsequent requests find cached data.

catlifeonmars5 days ago

Naively (and naive is often fine), you can query each node in parallel. The number of nodes is usually very small relative to the amount of data per node and reading is usually much faster than writing.

lyjackal5 days ago

Wish this was clarified. One thought would be to choose a stable component to in turn hash, such as the source coordinate hexagon, but then why not just put that in the hashtag

HeavyStorm5 days ago

I can see how the author put some work in this article. But I can't handle any more AI speak, even more after spending the whole day talking to Claude. It's too bad - blogging has been dying (well, at least in decline) for half a decade, and AI might be the final nail in the coffin.

"You sound like a robot m" has a whole new meaning for me.

nicwolff5 days ago

"The resolution is a lever."

coolThingsFirst5 days ago

What do they use to make those visualizations?

I see them pretty frequently.

ironqcold5 days ago

How much of the tools you use every day stays unnoticed...

browningstreet5 days ago

I actually do a quarterly “read the docs” day for my major tools. It always pay off…

emkoemko5 days ago

without even reading you can see the shape of AI text, weird, wonder what that is

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