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NoSQL is very much alive and kicking, it’s just past the peak in the hype curve. There is a FAANG in particular who is notorious for banning relational databas
by cle 7y ago
NoSQL is very much alive and kicking, it’s just past the peak in the hype curve. There is a FAANG in particular who is notorious for banning relational databases outright because of their maintenance and scaling problems for their use cases.
As others have said, if you operate at a certain scale and can get away without complex joins and aggregations (which you should avoid anyway if you’re operating a high availability service), then NoSQL is a great option. It’s easier to scale out (often you just turn a knob) and its behavior is simpler and easier to predict.
- oarabbus_ 7y agoWhat FAANG _bans_ relational DBs?
- gwbas1c 7y agoThe phrase that comes out when someone proposes NoSQL is "we're not Google / Facebook." Most applications don't need to run at "Google scale," thus they don't need the expense of relaxing ACID.
- cle 7y agoOf course, consider your use cases. There are good reasons to use NoSQL, and excellent reasons to use RDBMS. I use both professionally and appreciate the benefits of each.