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Does your load balancer's algorithm actually boost cache performance? We pit least connections against round robin for edge and app caches, and argue ...
Before you touch eviction policies, check your HTTP cache headers. The fastest performance win is often at the edge, not in your cache server.
Before you buy another Redis box, check your eviction policy. allkeys-lru beats volatile-* for most apps and can cut database CPU by 70-90%.
A field report on tuning HTTP cache headers for an admin API: why no-store is right for private data, how to handle CDN edge cases, and what to do whe...
Stop adding servers. Fix your Cache-Control and Vary headers first. Here’s a practical, opinionated walkthrough to squeeze more from your existing sta...