Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled

The report

Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled is a developing story worth watching.

Why shopify matters

This development in shopify, replaced, redis, mysql, inventory matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that Hacker News and others have been working from.

What led here

Looking back, Hacker News and others have reported on the conditions that made shopify replaced redis with mysql for inventory reservations–and it scaled possible.

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The editorial angle

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