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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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Distributed tracing in 2026: revisit Jaeger, Grafana Tempo and SigNoz before you store another span
Picture a bus, train and hotel booking platform in Kochi (an invented example, not a real client). Customers book from an Android app, an iOS app and a web app.
Read moreFeature flags in 2026: revisit Unleash, Flagsmith and GrowthBook before you hard-code another release toggle
Picture a test-preparation and online classes platform in Jaipur (an invented example, not a real client). Students use an Android app, an iOS app and a React web app.
Read moreLakehouse table formats in 2026: revisit Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake and Apache Hudi before you pick another format
Picture a payments and lending analytics platform in Hyderabad (an invented example, not a real client). Card authorisations and EMI schedules still land in PostgreSQL 16.
Read moreReal-time OLAP in 2026: revisit ClickHouse, Apache Doris and StarRocks before you build another dashboard warehouse
Picture an ecommerce and last-mile logistics platform in Bengaluru (an invented example, not a real client). Order capture and inventory still run on PostgreSQL 16.
Read moreDistributed SQL in 2026: revisit CockroachDB, YugabyteDB and TiDB before you shard or go multi-region
Picture a mutual fund and stockbroking platform in Mumbai (an invented example, not a real client). Its order book and client ledger run on PostgreSQL 16 with Patroni across three VMs in one cloud region, and a rewards service runs on MySQL 8.
Read moreDurable execution in 2026: revisit Temporal, Restate and DBOS before you hand-roll retries, sagas and cron jobs
Picture an online pharmacy and diagnostics booking company in Ahmedabad (an invented example, not a real client). An order goes through five steps: hold the medicine stock, take the UPI payment, book a courier slot, send the customer an SMS, and, if the courier cannot pick up within four hours, release the stock and refund.
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