For years, the "Standard Stack" followed a predictable pattern: Postgres for persistence, Redis for caching, and RabbitMQ or SQS for background jobs. We accepted this as the "Microservices Tax"—the price of doing business at scale. But in 2026, we’re seeing a counter-movement.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/nahamaalochi/the-great-simplification-why-your-database-is-your-best-cache-1h3)