This is ABSOLUTELY the tradeoff. I am not using Mongo for long-term data storage. I am using it for hacking systems together which need a place to store data. P

This is ABSOLUTELY the tradeoff. I am not using Mongo for long-term data storage. I am using it for hacking systems together which need a place to store data. Possibly this data will be manually queried and examined later on, possibly this data lives only a day or two. The entire conversation changes when you are wanting structured data output that is stable and scalable for 10 years.