Best of Anton Zhiyanov — July 2025

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   Redka: Redis re-implemented with SQL

   Redka is a Redis-compatible server and Go module that reimplements Redis functionality using SQL databases (SQLite or PostgreSQL) as the backend. It supports five core Redis data types (strings, lists, sets, sorted sets, hashes) and offers both standalone server and embedded library usage. While not matching Redis performance, Redka handles tens of thousands of operations per second and provides benefits like SQL introspection, embedded caching for Go apps, and simplified testing environments.

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   Gist of Go: Signaling

   Explores Go concurrency signaling mechanisms beyond channels, covering sync.Cond for condition variables, broadcasting to multiple goroutines, implementing publish/subscribe patterns, sync.Once for one-time execution, and sync.Pool for memory reuse optimization. Demonstrates practical examples of goroutine synchronization using condition variables with proper mutex handling, broadcasting signals to multiple subscribers, and memory-efficient object pooling.

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