Oh no, redis is super simple to set up and use. It's just that setting it up is not as simple as not setting it up.

tracker1 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For smaller projects and locally, I'm running background services via a compose file... it's a few lines of configuration, and just works. Redis is crazy low hanging fruit.. even job queues that run over Redis make a bit more sense than with Postgres more often than not.

I'm far more hesitant to throw a more formal MQ in the mix though... mostly from experience in that a lot of mid level ("senior") developers don't really understand queues very well at all. Even if conceptually, using tables for queues is more complex.

That said, I will use PG for workflows similar to K/V, Document (JSONB) and other structures over reaching for say MongoDB, etc.

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willsmith72 an hour ago | parent [-]

Of course spinning up a hello world of anything is easy. Now introduce monitoring, change controls, version upgrades, multiple environments and regions

It's not that it's necessarily complex. But if you don't need it, don't use it. The business could use your time elsewhere

	▲	tracker1 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		For a redis cache? I think you're way over-valuing the effort it takes to keep a redis instance running. For a persistent store.. sure... but that's true for PostgreSQL as well, which has some pretty painful major version migrations by comparison to other options.

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wuliwong 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

OK, but it is relatively easy to setup. Obviously, nobody thinks it is _literally_ effortless.

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munk-a 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Every extra straw you put on the back of your ops team, especially when you're a young company, adds weight. It's good to be choosey about which technologies actually justify that expenditure.

	▲	wuliwong 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Your response is a Strawman argument. I was simply saying that nobody thinks that Redis is literally effortless. I was pointing out that the person's comment was not helpful as they were pointing out that Redis installation does actually require effort. A better response to my comment could have been "just let it go" or something. ₍₍(˶>ᗜ<˶)⁾⁾