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Re:Ditch Your Database for a Key-Value DB by nicolaslem on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:27PM (#21227597)
> Often times, we end up spending countless hours setting up databases, schemas, and dealing with ORM systems, where we could simply treat data as keys and values.

There is always a schema, whether you want your database to help you with it or not is your choice.

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Re:Ditch Your Database for a Key-Value DB by save_ferris on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:30PM (#21227622)
Completely agree, schema forces developers to be intentional about data design. "Don't worry about it" is an insane argument here.
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