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There are many cases where relational integrity does NOT need to be enforced and in fact can happen in the application level. One of the big reasons NoSQL got
by SkyPuncher 7y ago
There are many cases where relational integrity does NOT need to be enforced and in fact can happen in the application level.
One of the big reasons NoSQL got popular was because it broke the norms around strict data relationships.
- smt88 7y agoAnd one of the reasons NoSQL didn't revolutionize anything is because people realized it's worthwhile to put on your seatbelt. It's either arrogant or naive to think that automated safety measures aren't going to catch any of one's mistakes.
- papln 7y agoNoSQL got popular because Google needed it for their billion-user planet-scale system, and then a million startups pretended they were Google. As soon as Google built their planet-scale NoSQL system, they immediately started replacing it with a planet-scale SQL system (Spanner)