Redis justifies open source shift with fresh hardware, LLM cost-saving features

CEO argues more restrictive licensing was key to DB refresh, and says team 'expected' the fork

Interview  Redis is the most popular database on AWS, which is, of course, the most popular cloud. The fact the relatively little known database, which launched in 2009, punches above its weight against well-established rivals might owe a lot to its reputation as a handy off-the-shelf cache developers know and love. Yet for the last couple of years, it has been champing at the bit to be much more.…