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Ease of first time developer installation should never be the deciding factor in these decisions. I realize it is pretty rampant, but it's not something we shou
by rbranson 15y ago
Ease of first time developer installation should never be the deciding factor in these decisions. I realize it is pretty rampant, but it's not something we should be proud of.
- SystemOut 15y agoYeah but how long should I spend on software that I know nothing about the quality of if it's not easy to get up and running? Do you spend a day? two days? While it's mostly just from experience I find that virtually no one makes a decision based on how easy it is to get up and running with a piece of software but it is an impression that stick's in people's minds and gets repeated when they talk about it later.
- cheald 15y agoI completely agree, and I'm not saying that MongoDB is better because it has an easier install. The question was just "Why did you go to MongoDB over Riak?", and I did because I was able to start evaluating it faster, and discovered that it met my needs handily, deprecating the need to wrestle with my Erlang install any further.