diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index fc92dec218..684e04e5b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'redis/redis'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 0237c8739f..4ffd72fef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   coverity:
-    if: github.repository == 'redis/redis'
+    if: github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@main
     - name: Download and extract the Coverity Build Tool
       run: |
-          wget -q https://scan.coverity.com/download/cxx/linux64 --post-data "token=${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}&project=redis-unstable" -O cov-analysis-linux64.tar.gz
+          wget -q https://scan.coverity.com/download/cxx/linux64 --post-data "token=${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}&project=placeholderkv-unstable" -O cov-analysis-linux64.tar.gz
           mkdir cov-analysis-linux64
           tar xzf cov-analysis-linux64.tar.gz --strip 1 -C cov-analysis-linux64
-    - name: Install Redis dependencies
+    - name: Install placeholderkv dependencies
       run: sudo apt install -y gcc tcl8.6 tclx procps libssl-dev
     - name: Build with cov-build
       run: cov-analysis-linux64/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int make
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           tar czvf cov-int.tgz cov-int
           curl \
-            --form project=redis-unstable \
+            --form project=placeholderkv-unstable \
             --form email=${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_EMAIL }} \
             --form token=${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }} \
             --form file=@cov-int.tgz \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 1c61cc89e9..41304202ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: Daily
 
 on:
-
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       skipjobs:
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ on:
         default: 'valgrind,sanitizer,tls,freebsd,macos,alpine,32bit,iothreads,ubuntu,centos,malloc,specific,fortify,reply-schema'
       skiptests:
         description: 'tests to skip (delete the ones you wanna keep, do not leave empty)'
-        default: 'redis,modules,sentinel,cluster,unittest'
+        default: 'placeholderkv,modules,sentinel,cluster,unittest'
       test_args:
         description: 'extra test arguments'
         default: ''
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ on:
         default: ''
       use_repo:
         description: 'repo owner and name'
-        default: 'madolson/placeholderkv'
+        default: 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
       use_git_ref:
         description: 'git branch or sha to use'
         default: 'unstable'
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-jemalloc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'ubuntu')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-jemalloc-fortify:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'fortify')
     container: ubuntu:lunar
     timeout-minutes: 14400
@@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         apt-get update && apt-get install -y make gcc-13
         update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 100
-        make CC=gcc REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3'
+        make CC=gcc SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3'
     - name: testprep
       run: apt-get install -y tcl8.6 tclx procps
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-libc-malloc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'malloc')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -131,11 +132,11 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make MALLOC=libc REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make MALLOC=libc SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-no-malloc-usable-size:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'malloc')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -168,11 +169,11 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make MALLOC=libc CFLAGS=-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make MALLOC=libc CFLAGS=-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-32bit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, '32bit')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -207,11 +208,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: make
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-i386
-        make 32bit REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST'
+        make 32bit SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-tls:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'tls')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -250,13 +251,13 @@ jobs:
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
       run: |
-        make BUILD_TLS=yes REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+        make BUILD_TLS=yes SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx tcl-tls
         ./utils/gen-test-certs.sh
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: |
         ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs --tls --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-tls-no-tls:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'tls')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -294,13 +295,13 @@ jobs:
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
       run: |
-        make BUILD_TLS=yes REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+        make BUILD_TLS=yes SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx tcl-tls
         ./utils/gen-test-certs.sh
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: |
         ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-io-threads:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'iothreads')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -338,11 +339,11 @@ jobs:
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
       run: |
-        make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+        make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --config io-threads 4 --config io-threads-do-reads yes --accurate --verbose --tags network --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: cluster tests
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'cluster')
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ jobs:
   test-ubuntu-reclaim-cache:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'specific')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ jobs:
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
       run: |
-        make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+        make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install vmtouch
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "test SAVE doesn't increase cache"
         CACHE0=$(grep -w file /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat | awk '{print $2}')
         echo "$CACHE0"
-        ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/master --port 8080 --repl-diskless-sync no --pidfile /tmp/master/redis.pid --rdbcompression no --enable-debug-command yes
+        ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/master --port 8080 --repl-diskless-sync no --pidfile /tmp/master/placeholderkv.pid --rdbcompression no --enable-debug-command yes
         ./src/placeholderkv-cli -p 8080 debug populate 10000 k 102400
         ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/slave --port 8081 --repl-diskless-load disabled --rdbcompression no
         ./src/placeholderkv-cli -p 8080 save > /dev/null
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ jobs:
         if [ "$(( $CACHE-$CACHE0 ))" -gt "8000000" ]; then exit 1; fi
         
         echo "test reboot doesn't increase cache"
-        PID=$(cat /tmp/master/redis.pid)
+        PID=$(cat /tmp/master/placeholderkv.pid)
         kill -15 $PID
         while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]; do sleep 1; done
         ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --logfile /dev/null --dir /tmp/master --port 8080
@@ -429,8 +430,8 @@ jobs:
   test-valgrind-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
-      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
+      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
     - name: prep
@@ -447,19 +448,19 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make valgrind REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST'
+      run: make valgrind SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx valgrind -y
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --valgrind --no-latency --verbose --clients 1 --timeout 2400 --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
 
   test-valgrind-misc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !(contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules') && contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'unittest'))
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make valgrind REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST'
+      run: make valgrind SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
@@ -494,8 +495,8 @@ jobs:
   test-valgrind-no-malloc-usable-size-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
-      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
+      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
     - name: prep
@@ -512,19 +513,19 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make valgrind CFLAGS="-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE -DREDIS_TEST" REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make valgrind CFLAGS="-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE -DSERVER_TEST" SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx valgrind -y
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --valgrind --no-latency --verbose --clients 1 --timeout 2400 --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
 
   test-valgrind-no-malloc-usable-size-misc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'valgrind') && !(contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules') && contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'unittest'))
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make valgrind CFLAGS="-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE -DREDIS_TEST" REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make valgrind CFLAGS="-DNO_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE -DSERVER_TEST" SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ jobs:
   test-sanitizer-address:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'sanitizer')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     strategy:
@@ -582,7 +583,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
           ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
       - name: make
-        run: make SANITIZER=address REDIS_CFLAGS='-DREDIS_TEST -Werror -DDEBUG_ASSERTIONS'
+        run: make SANITIZER=address SERVER_CFLAGS='-DSERVER_TEST -Werror -DDEBUG_ASSERTIONS'
       - name: testprep
         # Work around ASAN issue, see https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/1716
         run: |
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx -y
           sudo sysctl vm.mmap_rnd_bits=28
       - name: test
-        if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+        if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
         run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
       - name: module api test
         if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ jobs:
   test-sanitizer-undefined:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'sanitizer')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     strategy:
@@ -631,13 +632,13 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
           ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
       - name: make
-        run: make SANITIZER=undefined REDIS_CFLAGS='-DREDIS_TEST -Werror' LUA_DEBUG=yes # we (ab)use this flow to also check Lua C API violations
+        run: make SANITIZER=undefined SERVER_CFLAGS='-DSERVER_TEST -Werror' LUA_DEBUG=yes # we (ab)use this flow to also check Lua C API violations
       - name: testprep
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx -y
       - name: test
-        if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+        if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
         run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
       - name: module api test
         if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ jobs:
   test-centos7-jemalloc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'centos')
     container: centos:7
     timeout-minutes: 14400
@@ -676,11 +677,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: make
       run: |
         yum -y install gcc make
-        make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+        make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: yum -y install which tcl tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ jobs:
   test-centos7-tls-module:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'tls')
     container: centos:7
     timeout-minutes: 14400
@@ -717,13 +718,13 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         yum -y install centos-release-scl epel-release
         yum -y install devtoolset-7 openssl-devel openssl
-        scl enable devtoolset-7 "make BUILD_TLS=module REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'"
+        scl enable devtoolset-7 "make BUILD_TLS=module SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'"
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         yum -y install tcl tcltls tclx
         ./utils/gen-test-certs.sh
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: |
         ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs --tls-module --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
@@ -742,7 +743,7 @@ jobs:
   test-centos7-tls-module-no-tls:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'tls')
     container: centos:7
     timeout-minutes: 14400
@@ -764,13 +765,13 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         yum -y install centos-release-scl epel-release
         yum -y install devtoolset-7 openssl-devel openssl
-        scl enable devtoolset-7 "make BUILD_TLS=module REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'"
+        scl enable devtoolset-7 "make BUILD_TLS=module SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'"
     - name: testprep
       run: |
         yum -y install tcl tcltls tclx
         ./utils/gen-test-certs.sh
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: |
         ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
@@ -789,8 +790,8 @@ jobs:
   test-macos-latest:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
-      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'macos') && !(contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis') && contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules'))
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
+      !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'macos') && !(contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv') && contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules'))
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
     - name: prep
@@ -807,9 +808,9 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --clients 1 --no-latency --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ jobs:
   test-macos-latest-sentinel:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'macos') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'sentinel')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -836,7 +837,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: sentinel tests
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'sentinel')
       run: ./runtest-sentinel ${{github.event.inputs.cluster_test_args}}
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ jobs:
   test-macos-latest-cluster:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'macos') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'cluster')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: cluster tests
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'cluster')
       run: ./runtest-cluster ${{github.event.inputs.cluster_test_args}}
@@ -873,7 +874,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-11, macos-13]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'macos')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -894,12 +895,12 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DREDIS_TEST'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DSERVER_TEST'
 
   test-freebsd:
     runs-on: macos-12
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'freebsd')
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
@@ -927,7 +928,7 @@ jobs:
   test-alpine-jemalloc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'alpine')
     container: alpine:latest
     steps:
@@ -947,11 +948,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: make
       run: |
           apk add build-base
-          make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror'
+          make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror'
     - name: testprep
       run: apk add tcl procps tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -966,7 +967,7 @@ jobs:
   test-alpine-libc-malloc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'alpine')
     container: alpine:latest
     steps:
@@ -986,11 +987,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: make
       run: |
           apk add build-base
-          make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror' USE_JEMALLOC=no CFLAGS=-DUSE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
+          make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror' USE_JEMALLOC=no CFLAGS=-DUSE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
     - name: testprep
       run: apk add tcl procps tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --accurate --verbose --dump-logs ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -1006,7 +1007,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     if: |
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'madolson/placeholderkv')) &&
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv')) &&
       !contains(github.event.inputs.skipjobs, 'reply-schema')
     steps:
     - name: prep
@@ -1023,11 +1024,11 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
         ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
     - name: make
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS='-Werror -DLOG_REQ_RES'
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS='-Werror -DLOG_REQ_RES'
     - name: testprep
       run: sudo apt-get install tcl8.6 tclx
     - name: test
-      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis')
+      if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv')
       run: ./runtest --log-req-res --no-latency --dont-clean --force-resp3 --tags -slow --verbose --dump-logs  ${{github.event.inputs.test_args}}
     - name: module api test
       if: true && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'modules')
@@ -1043,5 +1044,5 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: "./utils/req-res-validator/requirements.txt"
     - name: validator
-      run: ./utils/req-res-log-validator.py --verbose --fail-missing-reply-schemas ${{ (!contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'redis') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'module') && !contains(github.event.inputs.sentinel, 'redis') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'cluster')) && github.event.inputs.test_args == '' && github.event.inputs.cluster_test_args == '' && '--fail-commands-not-all-hit' || '' }}
+      run: ./utils/req-res-log-validator.py --verbose --fail-missing-reply-schemas ${{ (!contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'placeholderkv') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'module') && !contains(github.event.inputs.sentinel, 'placeholderkv') && !contains(github.event.inputs.skiptests, 'cluster')) && github.event.inputs.test_args == '' && github.event.inputs.cluster_test_args == '' && '--fail-commands-not-all-hit' || '' }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/external.yml b/.github/workflows/external.yml
index effab72fb1..3633f00a10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/external.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/external.yml
@@ -4,19 +4,20 @@ on:
     pull_request:
     push:
     schedule:
+    - cron: '* * * * *'
 
 jobs:
   test-external-standalone:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'redis/redis'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Build
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS=-Werror
-    - name: Start redis-server
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS=-Werror
+    - name: Start placeholderkv-server
       run: |
-        ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-redis.log \
+        ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-server.log \
           --enable-protected-configs yes --enable-debug-command yes --enable-module-command yes
     - name: Run external test
       run: |
@@ -24,24 +25,24 @@ jobs:
             --host 127.0.0.1 --port 6379 \
             --verbose \
             --tags -slow
-    - name: Archive redis log
+    - name: Archive server log
       if: ${{ failure() }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: test-external-redis-log
-        path: external-redis.log
+        name: test-external-server-log
+        path: external-server.log
 
   test-external-cluster:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'redis/redis'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Build
-      run: make REDIS_CFLAGS=-Werror
-    - name: Start redis-server
+      run: make SERVER_CFLAGS=-Werror
+    - name: Start placeholderkv-server
       run: |
-        ./src/placeholderkv-server --cluster-enabled yes --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-redis.log \
+        ./src/placeholderkv-server --cluster-enabled yes --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-server.log \
           --enable-protected-configs yes --enable-debug-command yes --enable-module-command yes
     - name: Create a single node cluster
       run: ./src/placeholderkv-cli cluster addslots $(for slot in {0..16383}; do echo $slot; done); sleep 5
@@ -52,33 +53,33 @@ jobs:
             --verbose \
             --cluster-mode \
             --tags -slow
-    - name: Archive redis log
+    - name: Archive server log
       if: ${{ failure() }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: test-external-cluster-log
-        path: external-redis.log
+        path: external-server.log
 
   test-external-nodebug:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'redis/redis'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'placeholderkv/placeholderkv'
     timeout-minutes: 14400
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Build
-        run: make REDIS_CFLAGS=-Werror
-      - name: Start redis-server
+        run: make SERVER_CFLAGS=-Werror
+      - name: Start placeholderkv-server
         run: |
-          ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-redis.log
+          ./src/placeholderkv-server --daemonize yes --save "" --logfile external-server.log
       - name: Run external test
         run: |
           ./runtest \
             --host 127.0.0.1 --port 6379 \
             --verbose \
             --tags "-slow -needs:debug"
-      - name: Archive redis log
+      - name: Archive server log
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: test-external-redis-log
-          path: external-redis.log
+          name: test-external-server-log
+          path: external-server.log