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I Thought Redis Would Save My API. Just 500 Requests Proved Me Wrong.

As our series continues, Deep-Dive Backend Systems Roadmap. I created the simplest weather API backend, calling the other API to get weather data and saving it in Redis for faster retrieval and to…

• Author initially used Redis for API caching to improve performance.
• 500 concurrent requests proved Redis system unstable.
• Load test conducted using K6 to simulate API traffic.

2026-09-13 ·dev.to

The Meter Is Running on Every Request

The demo cost four pence. You ran it thirty times while building it, glanced at the total, and stopped thinking about it, because four pence is not a number anybody worries about.

• Costs multiply with each request, unnoticed until significant
• Set per-user limits to control expenses
• Optimize high-cost queries and cache repeated requests

2026-09-13 ·dev.to

Building MyZubster: Turning a Marketplace Demo Into a Real Product Experience

Building MyZubster: Turning a Marketplace Demo Into a Real Product Experience Over the last few development sessions, I’ve been working on a major evolution of MyZubster, especially around the…

• Marketplace demo expanded to 12 categories
• Added category, location, payment-type filtering
• Introduced category-specific semantics for diverse interactions

2026-09-13 ·dev.to

Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)

What are you working on? What have you been curious about lately? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686380 Points: 180 # Comments: 558

2026-09-13 ·news.ycombinator.com