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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by coolgeek on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:18PM (#23292534)
Inconsistent json data is exactly why you use a json data type or database.

I know that you, dear developer, would never produce inconsistent data. But lots of other developers do.

It is often the case that you will need to query that inconsistent json data, but either the pain is too great, or the value too low, to normalize that data. Thus, you dump it as is into a json field or database.

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Re:Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims by tasuki on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @06:55AM (#23309521)
Ah, well, I guess I prefer having consistent data. The only way to have consistent data is to forbid the database from representing inconsistent states. If inconsistent states are allowed, they will appear.
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