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What I don't get is why they wouldn't just use MongoDB. MongoDB is web-scale.

by Imnimo 5y ago

nostrademons 5y ago
That was a major impetus for this video, IIRC. The "MongoDB is web-scale" video went around Google about a month before Broccoli Man and some enterprising Googler figured they could use the same software to make a satire of Google's internal tools.
- hedgehog 5y ago
  Link for the Mongo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs And bonus lean startup video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J9KhpgYVB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J9KhpgYVB0
- fragmede 5y ago
  MongoDB is web-scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs NSFWish; it gets a bit personal around 3:11
  - mlindner 5y ago
    I miss 2010.
    - vinay_ys 5y ago
      Ah, 2010 - when web scale and its secret sauce – sharding was all the rage.
  - alexjplant 5y ago
    I had a similar conversation with a heavily-intoxicated MongoDB sales guy in a diner at 1AM after the second day of KubeCon 2019. My concerns were primarily around data consistency issues during denormalization and lack of schema. H pitch was essentially "Who cares?! I'm getting [three-letter agency] to move _everything_ to Mongo because it's so cheap and easy! It's all just JSON! Why does it need a schema?!" He probably made more than I did that year so maybe he has a point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
vorticalbox 5y ago
Maybe because mongodb had been out less than a year in 2010?
- gnabgib 5y ago
  I think you missed the /s from GP.
  - vorticalbox 5y ago
    quite likily.
323 5y ago
But is it planet-scale?
- swalsh 5y ago
  That's out of date, we're now in the days of IPFS.
hinkley 5y ago
/dev/null is also web-scale
- DeepYogurt 5y ago
  Is /dev/null fast? I will use /dev/null if it is fast.
  - flatiron 5y ago
    does it support sharding?
    - closeparen 5y ago
      It supports sharting: https://github.com/dcramer/mangodb https://github.com/dcramer/mangodb
- sondr3 5y ago
  And available as a SaaS: https://devnull-as-a-service.com/ https://devnull-as-a-service.com/

What I don't get is why they wouldn't just use MongoDB. MongoDB is web-scale.

by Imnimo 5y ago

What I don't get is why they wouldn't just use MongoDB. MongoDB is web-scale.

That was a major impetus for this video, IIRC. The "MongoDB is web-scale" video went around Google about a month before Broccoli Man and some enterprising Googler figured they could use the same software to make a satire of Google's internal tools.

hedgehog 5y ago
Link for the Mongo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs And bonus lean startup video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J9KhpgYVB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J9KhpgYVB0
fragmede 5y ago
MongoDB is web-scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs NSFWish; it gets a bit personal around 3:11
- mlindner 5y ago
  I miss 2010.
  - vinay_ys 5y ago
    Ah, 2010 - when web scale and its secret sauce – sharding was all the rage.
- alexjplant 5y ago
  I had a similar conversation with a heavily-intoxicated MongoDB sales guy in a diner at 1AM after the second day of KubeCon 2019. My concerns were primarily around data consistency issues during denormalization and lack of schema. H pitch was essentially "Who cares?! I'm getting [three-letter agency] to move _everything_ to Mongo because it's so cheap and easy! It's all just JSON! Why does it need a schema?!" He probably made more than I did that year so maybe he has a point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

vorticalbox 5y ago

Maybe because mongodb had been out less than a year in 2010?

gnabgib 5y ago
I think you missed the /s from GP.
- vorticalbox 5y ago
  quite likily.

323 5y ago

But is it planet-scale?

swalsh 5y ago
That's out of date, we're now in the days of IPFS.

hinkley 5y ago

/dev/null is also web-scale

DeepYogurt 5y ago
Is /dev/null fast? I will use /dev/null if it is fast.
- flatiron 5y ago
  does it support sharding?
  - closeparen 5y ago
    It supports sharting: https://github.com/dcramer/mangodb https://github.com/dcramer/mangodb
sondr3 5y ago
And available as a SaaS: https://devnull-as-a-service.com/ https://devnull-as-a-service.com/