Re:MongoDB 3.4.0-rc3
by jgord on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:12PM
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alternative anecdota : I rewrote a backend that was using mongo, moved it to postgresql+postgis. Solved an ever-expanding RAM issue and is still blindingly fast [ on SSD hosting ]
The main win was not server stability, it was having general tools to manage data .. including the inbuilt geo-algorithms that come with postGIS. eg. I could make our data set 9x smaller by smoothing map paths.
I still love the Mongo api, but I just cant risk it with data on projects that people are paying for, or that I need to support.
[ I think the real sweet spot will be deep integration of javascript and json into postgres - so I can write stored procs in js, get db events in js, wrangle json fluidly.. all of which is improving. ]
The main win was not server stability, it was having general tools to manage data .. including the inbuilt geo-algorithms that come with postGIS. eg. I could make our data set 9x smaller by smoothing map paths.
I still love the Mongo api, but I just cant risk it with data on projects that people are paying for, or that I need to support.
[ I think the real sweet spot will be deep integration of javascript and json into postgres - so I can write stored procs in js, get db events in js, wrangle json fluidly.. all of which is improving. ]