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So my question is then: Why not use CouchDB instead? I don't see what Mongo gives you over that and CouchDB is at least dependable and predictable in its operat

So my question is then: Why not use CouchDB instead? I don't see what Mongo gives you over that and CouchDB is at least dependable and predictable in its operation.

rdtsc 10y ago
CouchDB is too reliable and actually fsyncs your documents to disk. That is plain boring. I like to live on the edge and have some documents go to /dev/null once in a while. Life is just more exciting that way ;-) /s
SmirkingRevenge 10y ago
I really like Couch, I wish it had more adoption than it seems to have and that its ecosystem was more mature than it seems to be... and that javascript wasn't its first class citizen. But its a really cool database (though I'm partial to rethinkdb now)
- derefr 10y ago
  Even Javascript is sort of a second-class citizen in Couch. The real first-class citizen is native Erlang code running unsandboxed in the server context. If you want high(er) performance, that's where you go. (Alternatives to this have been discussed, like embedding the luerl Lua interpreter to give the option of a sandboxed programming target without the IPC cost. Nothing in the immediate pipeline, though.)
- dkersten 10y ago
  though I'm partial to rethinkdb now Me too. RethinkDB is my document database of choice these days. In my experience, its proven to be reliable and fast and the development team very responsive and helpful. They also seem quite mindful when it comes to new features and will delay things for years (eg auto-failover, which they now support but it took a while) if rushing it would impact quality. That's what I want from a database: first and foremost it must be solid and not lose my data. Everything else (including high availability) can come after.
s_kilk 10y ago
Is CouchDB still alive? I spent a weekend playing with it in January, but it seemed to be a very quiet project, with the last stable release being almost two years ago.
- m_mueller 10y ago
  Most of the activity happens at Couchbase now, the company that the inventor D. Katz founded based on CouchDB technology. You can still use Couchbase for free, but it's possible to pay for support. The coolest thing they have is Couchbase Lite, the mobile version of CouchDB, lets you replicate with your server. I find it a very interesting alternative to Core Data, parse and co. and we use it in production.
  - s_kilk 10y ago
    Good to know, will shift attention to Couchbase and re-assess. Thanks!

So my question is then: Why not use CouchDB instead? I don't see what Mongo gives you over that and CouchDB is at least dependable and predictable in its operation.

rdtsc 10y ago

CouchDB is too reliable and actually fsyncs your documents to disk. That is plain boring. I like to live on the edge and have some documents go to /dev/null once in a while. Life is just more exciting that way ;-) /s

SmirkingRevenge 10y ago

I really like Couch, I wish it had more adoption than it seems to have and that its ecosystem was more mature than it seems to be... and that javascript wasn't its first class citizen. But its a really cool database (though I'm partial to rethinkdb now)

derefr 10y ago
Even Javascript is sort of a second-class citizen in Couch. The real first-class citizen is native Erlang code running unsandboxed in the server context. If you want high(er) performance, that's where you go. (Alternatives to this have been discussed, like embedding the luerl Lua interpreter to give the option of a sandboxed programming target without the IPC cost. Nothing in the immediate pipeline, though.)
dkersten 10y ago
though I'm partial to rethinkdb now Me too. RethinkDB is my document database of choice these days. In my experience, its proven to be reliable and fast and the development team very responsive and helpful. They also seem quite mindful when it comes to new features and will delay things for years (eg auto-failover, which they now support but it took a while) if rushing it would impact quality. That's what I want from a database: first and foremost it must be solid and not lose my data. Everything else (including high availability) can come after.

s_kilk 10y ago

Is CouchDB still alive? I spent a weekend playing with it in January, but it seemed to be a very quiet project, with the last stable release being almost two years ago.

m_mueller 10y ago
Most of the activity happens at Couchbase now, the company that the inventor D. Katz founded based on CouchDB technology. You can still use Couchbase for free, but it's possible to pay for support. The coolest thing they have is Couchbase Lite, the mobile version of CouchDB, lets you replicate with your server. I find it a very interesting alternative to Core Data, parse and co. and we use it in production.
- s_kilk 10y ago
  Good to know, will shift attention to Couchbase and re-assess. Thanks!