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Re:A return to the general-purpose database by hypertele-Xii on Thursday October 28, 2021 @10:43PM (#29034603)
Consider the hubris behind a term like autoscale. You're talking about a machine that makes more machines, adapting to its environment, and all that without human intervention.

I think it's far more likely we'll just discover that, indeed, no general solution exists, and that humans must take personal responsibility for tending to their digital gardens. We certainly have a lot of spam to weed out.

Re:A return to the general-purpose database by lmm on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:33AM (#29035204)
That's nice but autoscaling mongodb clusters have been working for what, 5+ years at this point?

There are limits to what you can do safely with autoscaling, sure. But a datastore without that capability will never be a universal datastore that can cover all use cases.

Re:A return to the general-purpose database by socceroos on Saturday October 30, 2021 @05:51AM (#29047433)
I detect wisdom of the eternal variety