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Why Is Redis INCR a Bad Fit for a Public URL Shortener?

LeetDezine Redis INCR is one of those solutions that looks perfect the first time you see it. Atomic counter increments. Every call returns a unique integer. Base62-encode it and you have a short code — zero collision checks, zero retries, no background service. It's cleaner than anything else on t

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