Welcome to QuickStack! 👋

A demonstration of Redis caching with Next.js using server-side and client-side rendering techniques.

Server-Side Rendering

Uses getServerSideProps to fetch data from the API with Redis caching

Client-Side Rendering

Uses useEffect to fetch data from the API route with Redis caching

Performance Benchmarking

Compare response times between direct API calls and Redis cache

Behind the Scenes of Fast Data

This project is a performance-focused prototype built with Next.js, React, and Redis to demonstrate real-world caching strategies in a full-stack web app.

It fetches user and post data from a public API (JSONPlaceholder) and intelligently caches repeated requests using Redis to reduce latency and server load.

You'll see two versions of each request: one without caching (slower, fresh from the API), and one with caching enabled (much faster, returned from Redis memory).

The demo is interactive — you can explore both client-side and server-side rendered pages, monitor cache hits/misses in real time, and benchmark the speed difference between cached and uncached responses.

Redis caching improves the app by delivering:

Faster load times

Reduced API calls

Better scalability

A smoother user experience

This simulation is a scaled-down version of how large-scale applications reduce costs and boost performance using caching.

Take a look around and see how modern performance techniques work behind the scenes!