Re:Facebook is closing Parse
by marktangotango on Thursday January 28, 2016 @09:19PM
(#10993082)
This really seems like a limitation of nosql/mongodb, would it be worthwhile to reconsider sql/nosql trade offs?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Facebook is closing Parse
by asadlionpk on Thursday January 28, 2016 @09:40PM
(#10993146)
Well I would say reconsideration is always right but it's expensive (nosql->sql is big deal) when you are a fast-paced startup and don't want to spend resources on non-critical things. I know it will get critical someday, so we are slowly finding a solution to it.
Schema design allows you to grab stuff you want joined all at the same time (aka the data lives together in a document) in mongodb's model. This obviously has limitations in many to many relationships where the access pattern isn't clear, but often these tradeoffs can work.