The race to replace Redis

Posted Mar 30, 2024 19:03 UTC (Sat) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: The race to replace Redis by gmgod
Parent article: The race to replace Redis

> The software is not irrelevant when it's part of the service. Try to repeat yourself gas, or breaks, are irrelevant when buying a car and see how far it goes.

(Most) Folks don't care about a "car" in of itself, they care about the "transportation service" it provides/enables. Gas or even brakes aren't a given; transportation services can utilzie altenative fuels (eg electricity0 or eschew friction braking in favor of alternative methods (eg regenerative, reverse thrust, etc).

Similarly, folks don't buy or download "software" for its own sake, they do so because it enables them to achieve certain things.