Leading the Way with #redis
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Real-Time #leaderboard Results, Powered by RedisImage CreditThere’s nothing like a leaderboard to trigger feelings of sincere satisfaction or motivational malaise. Much like Pavlov’s dogs, we start salivating at the sight this engrossing stimulus. Whether we’re motivated by the recognition of our ambitious achievements or by a dreadful sense of judgment and self-reproach, leaderboards manage to hit nerves and rev engines.What was once a staple of the gaming community is now a tool that drives engagement across a variety of platforms. GitHub, for instance, gamified the process of ‘committing’ to repositories by publicly displaying contribution stats on a calendar. As a developer, I can attest to the power of sprawling swaths of green.Today we’re happy to release Contributions: a new addition to (...)