# Redis Geeks to Follow **Tagline:** News & Media | **Authors:** Redis | **Categories:** Company | **Published:** 2020-02-10 | **Updated:** 2025-03-27 Keeping up with the latest Redis news and information isn’t always easy. Redis community events like [RedisConf](/redisconf/), [RedisDays](/redisdays/), and various meet-ups are great, immersive experiences, but they come around only so often and not everyone can attend an in-person event. Thanks to the magic of the internet and social media, though, you can stay on top of all things Redis right from your computer or phone. Follow the folks on this list of some of our favorite “Online Redis Geeks” and you’ll always be in the know. (The list starts with Redis folks, but also includes Redis experts from a wide variety of backgrounds and regions.) ## Salvatore Sanfilippo ![Salvatore Sanfillipo](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/2b60de778ff0089d066ae514e1e8ced9e582b1ab-175x175.jpg) You can’t talk about Redis without mentioning its creator, Salvatore Sanfilippo. Salvatore frequently tweets and blogs about his latest projects, including big events like the release candidate of Redis 6! Twitter: [@antirez](https://twitter.com/antirez) Blog: [http://antirez.com/latest/0](http://antirez.com/latest/0) GitHub: [/redis](https://github.com/redis/redis) ## Yossi Gottlieb ![Yossi Gottlieb](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/5f631e81b22d1c8ed82634af71c95abafcd20501-500x500.jpg) Yossi Gottlieb, Redis’s chief architect, is an experienced tech leader with diverse software engineering experience in various fields. He’s far more active on Github than on Twitter. GitHub: [@yossigo](https://github.com/yossigo) ## Oran Agra ![Oran Agra](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/93bcad5648204b6c32631889d813fdb753b0bcaf-125x125.png) Oran Agra is a senior software architect at Redis. His background is in real-time and embedded systems, and he puts his expertise on display on the Redis core, Redis on Flash, and CRDTs-based Active-Active replication. He’s definitely worth a follow on Github. GitHub: [@oranagra](https://github.com/oranagra) ## Guy Royse ![Guy Royse](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/4a7b8c915ea6e89a04c968361cbe791421f8eade-1024x1024.jpg) With his striking gray beard, it’s hard to miss the newest Redis developer advocate. Guy Royse has more than 25 years of developer experience, but he hardly touched Redis until he joined Redis. Read about his experience with Redis as a Noob, and catch his thoughts on everything from coding to pop culture on Twitter. Twitter: [@guyroyse](https://twitter.com/guyroyse) GitHub: [@guyroyse](https://github.com/guyroyse) ## Itamar Haber ![Itamar Haber](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/c80f54bc4cb4ee002894abf01fb6b6151c9fdada-460x460.jpg) As Redis’ first Technology Evangelist, Itamar Haber knows Redis inside and out. Follow him for consistent Redis technology commentary, insights, tutorials, and conversation addressing everything from [adding a local cache with Redis 6](https://twitter.com/itamarhaber/status/1215317542765461504?s=20) to [Redis milestones and commands timelines](https://twitter.com/itamarhaber/status/1204450852192366593?s=20). Twitter: [@itamarhaber](https://twitter.com/itamarhaber) GitHub: [@itamarhaber](https://github.com/itamarhaber) ## Simon Prickett ![Simon Prickett](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/fef51813594356505471f8e143b25fde55e80f39-400x400.jpg) Simon is a curriculum software engineer at Redis and has been coding since the 1980s. When he’s not teaching the [Redis for JavaScript (Node.js) Developers](https://university.redis.com/courses/ru102js/) course, you might find him hosting or speaking at a San Diego-area meetup. Twitter: [@simon_prickett](https://twitter.com/simon_prickett) Website: [https://simonprickett.dev/](https://simonprickett.dev/) GitHub: [@simonprickett](https://github.com/simonprickett) ## Madelyn Olson ![Madelyn Olson](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/61036b61ca2ec05108f62985a0516bdbccc086ea-500x500.jpg) Madelyn is a senior software development engineer at Amazon Web Services and recently spoke at [Redis Day Seattle](/blog/what-you-missed-at-redis-day-seattle/) about the anatomy of a Redis command. She’s one of the most knowledgeable people about Redis outside of Redis! Twitter: [@Madelynio2](https://twitter.com/Madelynio2) GitHub: [@madolson](https://github.com/Madolson) ## Marc Gravell ![Marc Gravell](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/8a38ce2c0971d3f40d2fea0eed7965f1c698ac2a-240x240.png) Marc is a developer for [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/23354/marc-gravell), author of [StackExchange.Redis](https://github.com/StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis), a leading C# client for Redis, and a frequent commentator on things happening in the developer world. Follow him and you also might get to see [pictures of his snake bites](https://twitter.com/marcgravell/status/1218585393202974720?s=20). Twitter: [@marcgravell](https://twitter.com/marcgravell) Blog: [https://blog.marcgravell.com/](https://blog.marcgravell.com/) GitHub: [@mgravell](https://github.com/mgravell) ## Nick Craver ![Nick Craver](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/f19dfb8059c3a82297f83b136e21efe4a4cb888f-400x400.jpg) Nick is an Architect Lead for Stack Exchange and contributor to [StackExchange.Redis](https://github.com/StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis). He frequently discusses his work at Stack Overflow—often touching on Redis. For example, in a [2019 blog post](https://nickcraver.com/blog/2019/08/06/stack-overflow-how-we-do-app-caching/) about Stack Overflow’s caching system, he asks: “Why Redis and not ? Well, because it works. And it works well. It seemed like a good idea when we needed a shared cache. It’s been incredibly rock solid. We don’t wait on it—it’s incredibly fast.” Twitter: [@nick_craver](https://twitter.com/Nick_Craver) Website: [https://nickcraver.com/](https://nickcraver.com/) GitHub: [@nickcraver](https://github.com/NickCraver) ## Carlos Justiniano ![Carlos Justiniano](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/61d7392d61e63ace3acf9884fb3b750ff3b0f515-400x400.jpg) Veteran software developer Carlos Justiniano is Co-Founder of Zenerchi. He also wrote the [Hydra framework](https://www.hydramicroservice.com/), a Node.js package that leverages Redis to facilitate building distributed applications, including microservices architectures. A two-time RedisConf speaker, he writes frequently on Medium. Twitter: [@cjus](https://twitter.com/cjus) GitHub: [@cjus](https://github.com/cjus) Medium: [@cjus](https://medium.com/@cjus) ## Dmitry Polyakovsky ![Dmitry Polyakovsky](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/a888f82d63c65521fa489c913e1d1cd8e8604161-400x400.jpg) Dmitry Polyakovsky is a Senior Software Developer at Oracle Cloud. Besides [recently speaking at Redis Day Seattle](https://twitter.com/davenielsen/status/1217170855454576640?s=20) about using Redis with Python, Dmitry writes often about his developer experiences on his blog. Plus, he also runs the Seattle Redis meetup group, so hit him up if you’re in the area and want to meet some fellow Redis geeks. Twitter: [@dmitrypol](https://twitter.com/dmitrypol) Blog: [http://dmitrypol.github.io/](http://dmitrypol.github.io/) ## Molly Struve ![Molly Struve](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/beccd418b3a684d9243326d0bc3fdf93b30bf350-400x400.jpg) Molly is Lead Site Reliability Engineer at [DEV Community](https://dev.to/). Besides frequently [tweeting developer memes](https://twitter.com/molly_struve/status/1219777225878384641?s=20), she also writes frequently on the DEV Community website, covering everything from [job advice](https://dev.to/molly/advice-on-applying-for-a-job-3f7b) to [switching from Memcache to Redis](https://dev.to/molly/switching-from-memcache-to-redis-and-some-tips-on-caching-4g1l). Twitter: [@molly_struve](https://twitter.com/molly_struve) Writing: [https://dev.to/molly](https://dev.to/molly) GitHub: [https://github.com/mstruve](https://github.com/mstruve) ## Mark Paluch ![Mark Paluch](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/b33c28c94d78d4948023af806756a3a0cd224ab5-400x400.png) Mark is a self-described software craftsman with extensive experience in software engineering, and also updates the [Lettuce Redis](https://lettuce.io/) client library. Follow him on Twitter for developer commentary, and check out his blog for more in-depth thoughts and experiences. Twitter: [@mp911de](https://twitter.com/mp911de) Blog: [https://paluch.biz](https://paluch.biz) ## Carlos Baquero ![Carlos Baquero](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/ca45e30d05653b0c73bcec40126075e67291c526-400x400.jpg) Carlos Baquero is an associate professor at the [Universidade do Minho](https://www.uminho.pt/EN), in Portugal, and the academic behind CRDTs. Follow him for a steady stream of tech and science commentary. Twitter: [@xmal](https://twitter.com/xmal) GitHub: [@CBaquero](https://github.com/CBaquero) ## Bobby Calderwood ![Bobby Calderwood](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/a0089f5abf82e9b5f0cf7b0e48a9efa484139f00-300x300.jpg) Bobby is the founder of Evident Systems, which provides banks with turnkey services. He contributed the Streams support to Carmine, the Redis client and message queue for Clojure. He’s an expert on microservices architectures, and tweets DevOps news and commentary, sports news, and culture commentary. Twitter: [@bobbycalderwood](https://twitter.com/bobbycalderwood) GitHub: [@bobby](https://github.com/bobby) ## Rui Gu ![Rui Gu](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/dcbf6bb55bae40fb718ca1ba6a5f65d139d65ac8-331x331.jpg) Rui is the creator of [Reddison](https://redisson.org/), the open source Redis Java client with features of an in-memory data grid. Twitter: [@Redisson_RuiGu](https://twitter.com/redisson_ruigu?lang=en) GitHub: [@Redisson](https://github.com/redisson) ## Zhao Zhao ![Zhao Zhao](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/94712a7fff9012b62ae9919a6626b5fe127ab0e6-400x400.jpg) Zhao is an Alibaba computer programmer from Hangzhou, China, and a Redis contributor. He is one of the top contributors to Redis 6. While Twitter is not his main platform, you can follow his work on GitHub. Twitter: [@soloestoy6](https://twitter.com/soloestoy6) GitHub: [@soloestoy](https://github.com/soloestoy) ## Wu Yunlong ![Zhao Zhao](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/98dfbb4a2f1a3ef6449a7eaabcacab3fa7601bf5-96x96.jpg) Wu Yunlong is a Redis contributor from Shanghai, China, and is also active on Github. Twitter: [@trevor211](https://twitter.com/trevor211) GitHub: [@trevor211](https://github.com/trevor211)