Explore the creation of Valkey, an open-source alternative to Redis, in this 25-minute conference talk by Madelyn Olson from AWS and Viktor Söderqvist from Ericsson. Discover the events that led to Valkey's development following Redis' shift to a non-open source license. Gain insights into the community concerns preceding the fork, challenges encountered during the project's inception, and the future vision for Valkey. Learn valuable lessons from two Valkey maintainers about navigating the complexities of forking a widely-used open-source project and establishing a new alternative in the developer ecosystem.