> it's cool to hate on mongodb

Tens of thousands of computer geeks all randomly chose to hate a product. Clearly a coincidence or unlucky alignment of stars, nothing to do with said product, of course.

It could just be the case that everyone complains about their database and the HN crowd uses a lot of MongoDB. There's certainly more total MySql/MSSQL griping, whether or not gripers/users is higher for MongoDB isn't really obvious.

As I pointed out MongoDB inc (ex 10gen) made some decision in relation to how they marketed and set up their product that made many turn their heads.

I want to like Mongo, I'm all about "cutting my teeth on the bleeding edge", but I don't know what to think about MongoDB. Most conversations about it seem to go like this:

Lover: MongoDB is so much faster and easier than old school SQL! Hater: It's fast and easy because it doesn't check if it's written data correctly, which leads to corrupt data. Lover: Well you could always turn on the write lock. Hater: If you turn on the write lock, it becomes slower than normal SQL databases. Lover: Well you're just trying to use it the same way you use SQL. MongoDB is great for some problems and not so great for other problems. Hater: What problems is MongoDB better at solving?

And then that's the end. I've never heard a convincing use case for this thing. If you can change that for me and give me one, I'd be delighted to listen.