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Everybody knows relational databases don't scale because they use joins and write to disk. Relational databases weren't built for Web Scale. MongoDB is Web Scal

by posnet 3y ago

Everybody knows relational databases don't scale because they use joins and write to disk. Relational databases weren't built for Web Scale. MongoDB is Web Scale. You turn it on, and it scales right up. Shards are the secret ingredient in the Web Scale sauce.

unscaled 3y ago
Did I ever say that? I said "one area where NoSQL databases shine", "NoSQL databases got rid of many useful things", and "one of these few things which is pure fun [... with] NoSQL databases". Not sure how can you interpret this as me saying that Relational DBs are bad or that MongoDB is great.
- nsp 3y ago
  He’s referencing the infamous “mongodb is webscale” video from about a decade ago
  - vlod 3y ago
    For those too lazy to search: "MongoDB is Web Scale" ~5.5mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdnDXsqiPYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdnDXsqiPYo