The text file example is pretty flawed. There are quite a few benefits to using databases over text files aside from being a place to store data. Structuring, a

The text file example is pretty flawed. There are quite a few benefits to using databases over text files aside from being a place to store data. Structuring, availability, race conditions, etc. Including and using a NoSQL database is hardly the bottleneck in producing a production-level app/website/whatever.