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->"MongoDB was the database that most software developers said they wanted to work with, according to StackOverflow's survey of 64,000 developers." Does this j
by jc_811 9y ago
->"MongoDB was the database that most software developers said they wanted to work with, according to StackOverflow's survey of 64,000 developers."
Does this just seem like it can't be true? Does anyone know where or why this would be the case?
- cloverich 9y agoA lot of the bootcamp schools use mongo from what I remember. An interesting comparison would be what devs with 5+ years of experience prefer to use.
- tytytytytytytyt 9y agoThat's not "software developers", though. And how many people would that actually be, not most I'd think...
- eric-hu 9y agoA friend of mine works in a commercial real estate consulting company. One of his former co-workers was non technical, but kept insisting they use Mongo for their projects. He believed it would automatically boost the performance of a system. I guess he thought of it like installing a turbocharger in a car. I have no idea what his sources were for this, but it signals Mongo's marketing power to me if a non developer would become so avid about it.
- icebraining 9y agoCuriosity? Redis and Postgres are still above it as the "most loved": https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-databases https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017#technology-mo...
- gangstead 9y agoMaybe they just surveyed bootcamp attendees.
- pier25 9y agoAfter the fiasco with thousands of non protected Mongo DB instances you can figure out who their major audience is.