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Boy in 2020 I can't see describing databases as difficult to scale. Expensive, sure, but these are solved problems, and the tradeoffs for going the NoSQL route
by nkozyra 6y ago
Boy in 2020 I can't see describing databases as difficult to scale. Expensive, sure, but these are solved problems, and the tradeoffs for going the NoSQL route will likely exceed its perceived benefits.
Modern relational databases are great at what they do.
- m0xte 6y agoThey are until they're not, at which point it's too late. I deal with things teetering on the edge. At some point you get to machine sizes that won't fit in AWS as an example.