Redis quickly became popular as part of the NoSQL movement, and he was hired by VMware to work on Redis development in 2010. >
ironic now considering that it created a "noRedis movement" itself
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Sounds like Valkey is the fork to look out for.
I googled redis and went to the site but I'm still not exactly sure what it is
It's an in memory database that can be used for various tasks and is part of many open-source server applications.
The name helps understand a bit more what it is: REmote DIctionary Server. It is essentially a dictionary (key:value store) that runs on a server and can be accessed easily and quickly by multiple applications at the same time. Because of its speed and simplicity, it is used in many different ways in various applications. It also has a lot more features than a dictionary.