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Re:Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScri... by chaostheory on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:23PM (#46874929)
Not keen on your data store choice. Mongodb introduces a lot of other problems. The problem with schemas is an easier one to solve imo
Re:Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScri... by Aldipower on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:05PM (#46877283)
What do you mean with "it introduces a lot of other problems"?
Re:Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScri... by artahian on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:49PM (#46875395)
Fair point, although we didn't choose MongoDB just because of schema handling. We've been using MongoDB in production since 2013, so it was a natural choice since we already know a lot more about it than any other database.

For the problems you're mentioning, what we've seen is that many people use it incorrectly, and we're building the framework in a way that prevents that in the app layer. But still curious about your experience - what are the biggest problems you've had in production MongoDB?

Re:Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScri... by jvidalv on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:16PM (#46878110)
Totally agree, schema issues are easily solved with solutions like drizzle or prisma.

I would never go full mongo considering how easy is now a days to have TypeScript first postgres.