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Redis: the AK-47 of databases

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Re: Redis: the AK-47 of databases

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Post by regularfry »

jacquesm wrote: post #8

Being the AK-47 of databases is not a bad way to be known. That said I hope the author will revisit the topic when he has more knowledge of the subject matter, such as when using it in production for a while on a fair sized project with a lot of users. That's where the rubber meets the road, first impressions tend to gloss over the areas where the meat is.

> That's where the rubber meets the road, first impressions tend to gloss over the areas where the meat is.

One hopes the meat is not between the rubber and the road. That would be unfortunate.

Re: Redis: the AK-47 of databases

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Post by __Joker »

dschobel wrote: post #65
apl wrote: post #33

> In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m a newb to Redis. My > knowledge is basically the contents of this post (at the > time of writing). I don’t use it in production (yet). > Likewise I’m no expert in AK-47s (I’ve never even fired > one) or guns in general. I’m aware via notoriety alone. Fantastic quote. So you're hardly familiar with either component of your simile, but you'll post it anyway? I really don't expect…

It still has value according to the two-step HN algorithm of fact-finding. step 1. Someone posts something (anything will do) on a blog step 2. HN tears it apart and reconstitutes it with some decent approximation of truth and usually a fair bit of insight. Basically, the source content is just the jumping off point. The blogs serve as a focal point for directing the HN hive's attention for a while. You could post a…

Very true, thats why most of the time I spent time reading the hacker news discussion rather than the original link.
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