For simple cases, it is probably a total overkill to even consider it, but for something heavier, embedding the database gives you a chance to trivially migrate later to a separate database server.

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thefreeman an hour ago | parent [-]

Redis is not a database. It’s a key / value store.

	▲	rytis an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It kind of is a database: A key-value database, or key-value store, is a data storage paradigm designed for storing, retrieving, and managing associative arrays, a data structure more commonly known today as a dictionary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key–value_database
	▲	theultdev an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		that's still a database. it's not a relational database.