The unreasonable effectiveness of key/value databases

The key/value data model is arguably the simplest data model amongst databases. Provide the key, receive the data. And yet despite, or maybe because of this, Redis/Valkey is everywhere.
In this talk, you’ll learn the reasons behind the ubiquity, how even trivial use provides big wins, and how an expert hand can maximize impact and minimize cost.
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Kyle is the General Manager of the Redis and Valkey Ecosystem at Percona. He has a long history with open source software development; he was a founding contributor to the OpenSearch project and most recently worked to …


