MongoDB is to NoSQL like MySQL to SQL - in the most harmful way

Re:MongoDB is to NoSQL like MySQL to SQL - in the most harmf... by wmil on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @05:03AM (#6716844)

> Having evaluated nearly every database for my own startup I find it extraordinary that there such angst towards a technology.

It's a cultural problem. When you go to a web dev meetup you inevitably meet a programmer in their early 20s who thinks SQL is obsolete and Mongo will be everywhere.

The problem is that it's really nothing new -- it's an XML Database using JSON. There are well understood advantages and disadvantages.

It's just frustrating to constantly encounter people who are convinced that it's a silver bullet.

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Re:MongoDB is to NoSQL like MySQL to SQL - in the most harmf... by svennek on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @05:26AM (#6716933)

I agree wholeheartedly, the value of a strict schema and a (mostly) standardized query format providing a known good strategy to get the result - and a culture of taking care of its customers data's safety - really is the selling point for SQL.

But anything old is not worth doing to some people (luckily reproduction is the oldest human endeavour ever, so hopefully they won't multiply :)

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