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Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by leeoniya on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @02:18PM (#5986476)
from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3838131

'...but every time I see "Schemaless" in MongoDB, I think "oh, so you're implementing schema in your application?"'

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Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by marcosdumay on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @10:41PM (#5988886)
And missing most of the centralized documentation people use everywhere.

But if you only have one application, you don't need centralized documentation.

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Re:Schema-less is usually a lie by tracker1 on Friday July 05, 2013 @01:58PM (#5995954)
You can create an API for data access that validates a given document schema... you don't have to operate in the open.
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