a thoughtful software designer would build an endian-neutral and memory-aligned architecture in the first place. In case of Mongo, the designers don't seem to r

a thoughtful software designer would build an endian-neutral and memory-aligned architecture in the first place. In case of Mongo, the designers don't seem to really understand how the computer hardware operates on the low level. for the rest of your points, neither you nor me can tell what would be the most selling server architecture in 3 years. Do you intend to design software with unpredictable lifespan? I don't.