Redis City
Shares rank 14 of 31 interactive visualizations by recommenders
Recommended as a visual, interactive 3D model for understanding how Redis works, with a console that lets you trace commands. Critics say it adds little beyond the text explanations and is confusing.
Recommended as a visual, interactive 3D model for understanding how Redis works, with a console that lets you trace commands. Critics say it adds little beyond the text explanations and is confusing.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Console lets you trace commands
“There's a console and you can track your command! Very cool.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model” Beautiful visual design
“Looks beautiful thank you!”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model” Praised as a top HN resource
“add this to list of S-tier HN resources”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model” Welcomed as timely, helpful resource
“needed thank you so much for this”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Adds little beyond text descriptions
“adds nothing of educational value to the textual descritpions”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model” Confusing and sloppy
“only needlessly confusing and slop”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model” Seems too simple to need explaining
“It's just value(key) over the network, is there much that needs explaining?”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D model”
Other interactive visualizations people recommend
The four most recommended other interactive visualizations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ciechanow.ski | 33 | 1 | 97% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Size of Life | 30 | 4 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| PGSimCity | 27 | 3 | 90% | 1 | — | — |
| Ithihāsas | 18 | 3 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| Redis CityThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“needed thank you so much for this”
“It's just value(key) over the network, is there much that needs explaining?”
“adds nothing of educational value to the textual descritpions”
“Looks beautiful thank you!”
“only needlessly confusing and slop”
“There's a console and you can track your command! Very cool.”
“add this to list of S-tier HN resources”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.