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Re:Redis-V8 by weego on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:38AM (#5861646)
Since when does every use of a database involve handling datasets in a way that needs experience and "algorithms". A key value store can be used as... a key value store if need be. It doesn't need to be crazy science.
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Re:Redis-V8 by Argorak on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:41AM (#5861660)
Once you start scripting your K/V store, its not a simple K/V store anymore.

I am not against databases with scripting capabilities and I do not think javascript/front end developers are per se naive, but I've far to often seen the naive assumption that just because its javascript, everyone can handle it.

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Re:Redis-V8 by jmcdonald-ut on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:58AM (#5861750)
This isn't true. Once you have tens of thousands of records, a poorly written algorithm or data structure is going to lead to O(n^2) behavior. That hurts. Even small sites can hit this amount of database records with ease.
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