caching-strategies

Design multi-tier caching architectures for web applications — cache-aside vs write-through vs write-behind, TTL design, cache invalidation, Redis patterns, CDN configuration, browser caching, and stampede prevention. Use when choosing a caching pattern, designing cache invalidation strategies, implementing Redis caching, configuring Cache-Control headers, or preventing cache stampedes. Activate on "cache invalidation", "cache-aside", "write-through", "TTL", "Redis cache", "CDN caching", "cache stampede", "stale data", "browser cache". NOT for database query caching within an ORM, memoization of pure functions, or CPU-level caching.