A few years ago YouPorn publicly announced using Redis foto run most of the website, as a primary database, not just as a cache. Before joining Redis Labs (1yr

A few years ago YouPorn publicly announced using Redis foto run most of the website, as a primary database, not just as a cache. Before joining Redis Labs (1yr ago more or less), I wrote my own Redis module while consulting for a fintech startup to use Redis as a filter for credit card transactions. I liked how the solution turned out and it somewhat alleviated the pain of having to work with the iso8583 protocol. Today I know a few of our customers using Redis as a primary database and the company is investing in that direction. I'm a Developer Advocate so one of the main pain points that I see is the lack of tooling for primary database use cases, but I think the situation is improving. The problem wrt tools is that you can't just copy paste what works for other ecosystems to Redis. You have to rethink many things from the ground up. As a (positive) example, take a look at this Python O"R"M for Redis: https://github.com/limpyd/redis-limpyd https://github.com/limpyd/redis-limpyd