cache stampede, what are your go-to mitigation strategies

Cache stampedes are such a pain, you know? That's when a bunch of requests all try to regenerate the same cache entry when it expires. It's a mess. I've dealt with it using things like locking, which gets complicated fast, or just expiring cache entries a little early, kind of randomly. So, what do you think is the best way to handle these in a distributed system? Any cool tricks you've picked up