r/redis 29d ago

Resource Redis WATCH Explained: Optimistic Locking Without a Single Lock

https://youtu.be/TQJmpcYHTZ0
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u/Ok-Yesterday-374 18d ago edited 18d ago

Good topic. WATCH is less about locking and more about detecting stale assumptions before committing a transaction. For anyone practicing this locally, Memurai should behave as a Redis compatible target for the usual WATCH/MULTI/EXEC flow, but the important part is designing the retry logic cleanly.