Shopify just did something that would make most engineers do a double-take: they replaced Redis with MySQL for their inventory reservation system, and it scaled better . The story hit 86 points on Hacker News with 48 comments because it challenges one of the most common assumptions in modern bac...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/trismegistus/shopify-replaced-redis-with-mysql-for-inventory-reservations-and-it-scaled-better-4ak9)