We learned about using Redis hash data structures in a previous recipe. In that explanation, as with others, we used the ServiceStack client to directly manipulate the Redis data structures on the server. If you want a higher level of abstraction, you can use the Redis client's typed approach. Instead of directly dealing with strings and other primitives, you can tell the Redis client the type you want to store and then let it handle some of the details. In this recipe, we'll make use of this approach.