Not only that, assuming we're not trying to hyperoptimize before code ever hits production, typically as a dev I look for performance gains when a bottleneck/sl

Not only that, assuming we're not trying to hyperoptimize before code ever hits production, typically as a dev I look for performance gains when a bottleneck/slowdown seems to occur. Redis is a possibility I guess, but it's also not in the top 20 places I'm going to look first. It's plenty fast for nearly every use case I've come across and while I'm sure someone out there needs something faster, I agree - I can't imagine there's broad market appeal for it.