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If you don't use relational databases, you're throwing away decades of work into a problem that's very similar to the one you're trying to solve. If you have a
by randallsquared 16y ago
If you don't use relational databases, you're throwing away decades of work into a problem that's very similar to the one you're trying to solve. If you have a brilliant new scheme that forces you to do that, fine, but throwing away finely tuned systems because complex and relatively opaque might not be the best first step.
- mmt 16y agoExactly. I would advocate not throwing any of it away, absent rare circumstances. I implied, though foolishly didn't state outright, that I believe a custom DBMS is only very rarely the best answer.