Caching strategies, invalidation, eviction policies, HTTP caching, distributed caching, and anti-patterns. Use when designing cache layers, choosing eviction policies, debugging stale data, or optimizing read-heavy workloads.
Initial release of the caching skill. - Covers core caching strategies: cache-aside, read-through, write-through, write-behind, refresh-ahead. - Details cache invalidation methods, TTL guidelines, and HTTP caching best practices. - Summarizes common application caching solutions: in-memory, Redis, Memcached, SQLite. - Explains distributed cache concepts, eviction policies, and cache layer design. - Includes anti-patterns, stampede prevention, cache warming, and monitoring recommendations.