periodic cache regeneration with rails redis and a spider
today i want to continue my little series about how to use redis as rails cache. i will show you how to build a caching system that does not rely on cache invalidation and is able to constantly deliver up to date cached results.
revealing module pattern in coffeescript
if none of the two terms in the title tell you anything, you have some serious reading todo. first off learn and love coffeescript. second of all get to know some javascript design patterns. why? because it helps you to write a lot better clearer code in a very weird language. so my design pattern […]
rails caching with redis – invalidation done right
in my last article about using redis as rails cache i used the redis ‘keys’ function to invalidate cache. as my readers noted, and i experienced myself, this is not a good idea if you plan on storing a few million keys in your redis-db. so today we’ll look at how to do this invalidation […]