How One Line of CDK Cut Our Caching Costs by 20%

How One Line of CDK Cut Our Caching Costs by 20%

Every production system needs a cache, and most of us run Redis on ElastiCache. By switching the engine to Valkey — a one-line CDK change — we saved 20% on our caching bill. Here’s the full story with real numbers.

June 20, 2026 · 6 min · 1149 words · Ivan Yalovets