I Built DevBlog: A Medium-Style Platform with Redis Caching and Background Workers

I just launched DevBlog —a blogging platform for developers to share technical content, projects, and in-progress ideas. 🔗 Live demo: https://dev-blog-post.vercel.app (currently running with demo data—feel free to create a post and test it out!) Why I Built This I wanted a space where developers could publish openly without the noise of social media, but with better engagement features than a static blog. Think Medium, but built for our workflow. Tech Stack Here's what powers it: Node.js backend with Express Redis for dual purposes: Hot cache layer for fast reads Background worker for async like processing (keeps the UI snappy) QStash for view count synchronization OAuth 2.0 for authentication Cloudinary for media uploads and optimization Dual-layer data architecture (hot cache + persistent storage) Key Technical Decisions Why Redis for background workers? Instead of blocking the request-response cycle when someone likes a post, I offload it to a Redis-backed worker. The UI responds in