My Redis library said the write succeeded. Redis was down — anatomy of a Node.js client rewrite

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My Redis library said the write succeeded. Redis was down — anatomy of a Node.js client rewrite

I audited my two-year-old Redis client: a README full of features that didn't exist, writes that resolved while doing nothing, and a reconnection layer whose best fix was deletion.

I audited my two-year-old Redis client: a README full of features that didn't exist, writes that resolved while doing nothing, and a reconnection layer whose best fix was deletion.