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Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice?

Many of us have written off Mongo for a while. I don't even really give it much consideration anymore. The open-sourcing of Parse Server reminded me that people still do use Mongo to successful effect, but would it ever be your first choice?

I there a use case out there where the answer is definitively, "Yes, you should use MongoDB"?

( 4 comments | 3 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice? by innocentpixel on Friday January 29, 2016 @11:16AM (#10996030)
Is there a use case out there where the answer is definitely "No, you should not use MongoDB"? Yes.. there is. And so are other use cases where you have a multiple choice answer, mongo being one of them.
Re:Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice? by feedjoelpie on Friday January 29, 2016 @11:29AM (#10996146)
Right, so is there a subset of those multiple choice cases where Mongo is best?
Re:Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice? by gjmulhol on Friday January 29, 2016 @10:07AM (#10995582)
MongoDB is web-scale.
Re:Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice? by drittoperdritto on Saturday January 30, 2016 @12:28AM (#11000669)
Can you elaborate on that ?