I've actually been using Couch DB with Pouch directly to authenticate users on a small app, with a DB per user. Tbf, my app isn't all that large or complex at t

I've actually been using Couch DB with Pouch directly to authenticate users on a small app, with a DB per user. Tbf, my app isn't all that large or complex at this stage, so I don't know if there's any overlap in what we're doing. But from your post, relational joins aside, I can't understand what's breaking for you specifically. You're offering nebulous gripes tbf, not discrete problems.