phase 3 · 3.3-caching-fundamentals
Caching fundamentals — redis-cli, no Go
prereqs
0.1-backend-mental-model
The lesson for this task hasn't been written yet. The mastery criteria below is the shortest description of what you'll own when this task is green.
Mastery criteria
- In redis-cli: SET/GET, SET with EX, INCR, DEL, EXPIRE, TTL
- Explain: what problem does a cache solve; when it's the wrong tool
- Describe cache-aside, TTL-based eviction, and the thundering herd in plain English
Verify
Run from your go-dojo repo root:
go-dojo verify 3.3-caching-fundamentals
This runs the task's go test suite in exercises/phase-3/3.3-caching-fundamentals/, commits the attempt to .go-dojo/attempts/, and updates your mastery.