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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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Time series databases in 2026: revisit TimescaleDB, QuestDB and InfluxDB 3 Core before you store another sensor reading
Take a cold-chain company in Nashik that runs pre-cooling and cold storage chambers for export grapes and onions at four sites: MIDC Ambad, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Dindori and Niphad (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreLightweight Kubernetes in 2026: revisit k3s, k0s and Talos Linux before you stand up another small cluster
Picture a software company in Visakhapatnam that builds gate and yard software for container freight stations around the Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram ports, with two more customers at Kakinada and one inland depot near Vizianagaram (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreSelf-hosted Git forges in 2026: revisit Gitea, Forgejo and GitLab CE before you move another repository
Picture a software company in Kochi that builds billing and export-documentation software for seafood exporters in Aroor, Alappuzha, Kollam and Thoothukudi (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreSelf-hosted error tracking in 2026: revisit Sentry, GlitchTip and Bugsink before you ship another stack trace
Picture a diagnostic lab chain headquartered in Mysuru, with collection centres in Mandya, Hassan, Madikeri, Hunsur and Chamarajanagar (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreSelf-hosted search in 2026: revisit Meilisearch, Typesense and Manticore Search before you add another search box
Picture an electrical and hardware distributor headquartered in Vadodara, with warehouses in Anand, Bharuch, Godhra, Rajkot and Surat (an invented example, not a real client).
Read moreMongoDB alternatives in 2026: revisit Percona Server for MongoDB, FerretDB and DocumentDB before you migrate another collection
Picture a diagnostic lab chain headquartered in Guwahati, with collection centres in Shillong, Jorhat, Silchar, Dibrugarh and Tezpur (an invented example, not a real client).
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