Introduction to Redis | Redis Mastery

What is Redis?

Redis (Remote Dictionary Server) is an open-source, in-memory data structure store. It can be used as a database, cache, message broker, and streaming engine.

🔗 Official Resources

This lesson covers Redis fundamentals. For official documentation, visit redis.io/docs

Why Redis?

Speed: Redis stores data in memory, enabling sub-millisecond response times for most operations
Data Structures: Native support for strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams, and more
Persistence Options: RDB snapshots and AOF logging for data durability
Replication: Built-in primary-replica replication for high availability
Clustering: Horizontal scaling across multiple nodes

How Ginto Uses Redis

Ginto's Redis-powered architecture for scalable user mapping

✅ What's Implemented Today: Scalable User Mapping

Every user in Ginto is internally mapped via Redis for scalability. Our Redis implementation is built to scale to millions of LXC/LXD containers that users share in the cloud.

🗺️ Internal User → Sandbox Mapping

Redis provides instant lookups between users and their isolated sandbox environments:

• Privacy-aware: You don't need to worry about internal IPs or where your sandbox lives
• Scalable: Built to handle millions of concurrent containers
• Ephemeral: Sandboxes can be destroyed at will - your data stays yours
• Instant routing: Redis maps your session to your sandbox in microseconds

# How Ginto maps users to sandboxes
HSET user:123 sandbox_id "lxc-abc123"
HSET user:123 sandbox_ip "10.0.0.42"  # Internal - you never see this
EXPIRE user:123 3600  # Auto-cleanup

🔮 Future: Enhanced Monaco Editor State

While not yet implemented, Redis could enhance our Monaco code editor with real-time collaboration features:

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Potential: Monaco Editor State

Coming Soon

Redis could enable real-time collaboration where multiple users edit the same file:

• Cursor position sync
• File change broadcasts
• Undo/redo state stacks
• Syntax error caching

The Big Picture

As you focus on building features with the AI agents we're developing, Ginto handles all the infrastructure complexity:

YOU (Developer)

"Build a REST API for my e-commerce app"

GINTO + AI AGENTS

Route

Request

Execute

Code

Stream

Response

REDIS (Scalable User Mapping)

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User → Sandbox

Instant Lookup

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Sessions

TTL-based

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Millions Scale

Built for Growth

YOUR PRIVATE LXC SANDBOX

IP Hidden from You Isolated Destroy at Will

Figure: Redis enables instant user-to-sandbox routing without exposing infrastructure details

What You'll Learn

This masterclass covers:

Installation - Setting up Redis on your system
Data Types - Working with strings, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets
Caching Patterns - Cache-aside, write-through, and invalidation strategies
Advanced Topics - Pub/Sub, transactions, Lua scripting, clustering

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100% Open Source - Updated Daily

The entire Ginto platform is fully open source and shipped to GitHub daily. To learn technology, people need hands-on experience with precise, step-by-step documentation from beginner to advanced - the kind you can't find anywhere else.

Purpose-built for collaboration and human progress in preparation for the intelligence explosion.

See how Redis is actually implemented in the cloud by looking at the architecture diagram in the README.

View Source on GitHub

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Want to contribute?

Found an error? Have a better example? Submit a PR!

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Let's get Redis running on your system so you can follow along with hands-on examples.