Caching on Shai Asherhttps://slow-is-smooth.io/tags/caching/Recent content in Caching on Shai AsherHugoen-gbSun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0300The cache was working perfectly. That was the problem.https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/cache-stampede-war-story/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0300https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/cache-stampede-war-story/<h2 id="0247">02:47</h2> <p>Falafel Corp runs a one-person on-call rotation, which is a staffing decision that looks efficient right up until the night it isn&rsquo;t. Tonight it is your turn, and the phone goes off on the nightstand, and you are awake before you are conscious.</p>