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Redis, Valkey, or Dragonfly: revisit the choice before you treat them as the same cache
If your service already uses Redis, the name on the port has not changed. The product behind that name has. Treating Redis, Valkey, and Dragonfly as three labels for one cache is the habit worth unlearning.
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MongoDB 8.0 Performance is 36% higher, but there is a catch…
TLDR: If your app is performance critical, think twice, thrice before upgrading to MongoDB 7.0 and 8.0. Here is why…
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Container image signing in 2026: revisit cosign, Notation and in-toto attestations before you trust another image tag
Picture a software company in Rajkot that builds production planning and job work software for foundries, forging units and engineering workshops across Saurashtra (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreMesh VPNs in 2026: revisit Headscale, NetBird and plain WireGuard before you open another SSH port to the internet
Take a pump manufacturer in Coimbatore that makes agricultural and domestic pumps at two plants, one near the city and a smaller one at Kaniyur (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreUptime monitoring in 2026: revisit Uptime Kuma, Gatus and the Blackbox Exporter before a customer tells you the site is down
Take a travel company in Udaipur that runs an online booking site for about 140 heritage hotels, lake-side guest houses and homestays in Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh and Mount Abu (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreSQLite in production in 2026: revisit Litestream, rqlite and LiteFS before you add another database server for a small app
Picture a small software company in Madurai that builds a job card app for about 60 two-wheeler service centres across southern Tamil Nadu (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreTLS certificate automation in 2026: revisit cert-manager, Certbot and step-ca before the next certificate expires on you
Think of a bicycle and auto parts manufacturer in Ludhiana that sells through about 400 dealers across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and the hill states (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreIn-process analytics in 2026: revisit DuckDB, Polars and chDB before you spin up another warehouse for a small question
Think of a knitwear exporter in Tiruppur that makes T-shirts, polos and kids’ wear for buyers in Europe, the US, the Gulf and Japan (an invented example, not a real client).
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