How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your Applications

Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by 0xbadcafebee on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:29AM (#26290932)

I would phrase it more like:

  How much time and money do you have?
  
    "None" -> Use PostgreSQL
    "A little" -> Pick a database which matches your application use cases
    "A lot" -> Use PostgreSQL
    "FAANG" -> Roll your own

With "A lot" of time and money, you quickly spend way too much time on databases, and the sprawl of the work will eat up time and budget that could be better spent on improving products / your organization. Just get the enterprise standardized on Postgres and move on with life.

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Re:How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your App... by spacemanmatt on Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:25AM (#26292905)

I wonder what FB is using now, having abandoned Cassandra in 2010.

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