I found out about this via Andrew Kelley's blog[1], and I think he makes a great argument:

In Why We Can't Have Nice Software, I point out this pattern of needless software churn in the mindless quest for profit. This is a perfect example occurring right now. Redict has already reached its peak; it does not need any more serious software development to occur. It does not need to pivot to AI. It can be maintained for decades to come with minimal effort. It can continue to provide a high amount of value for a low amount of labor. That's the entire point of software!

I hope that sufficient momentum/support can gather around Redict in order to maintain it for its existing users who aren't looking for a vector database, search database, generative AI widget, all in the one piece of software.

[1] https://andrewkelley.me/post/redis-renamed-to-redict.html