I really appreciated this post for its thoughtful quality. It provided a bunch of "in our experience" analysis of situations that others presented, noting both

I really appreciated this post for its thoughtful quality. It provided a bunch of "in our experience" analysis of situations that others presented, noting both the mistakes of users and Mongo itself, without playing the blame game. The presentation of mitigation strategies for both sources of issues was actually constructive for potential and current users of Mongo. As with any tool, Mongo is useful in some scenarios but not without its drawbacks. It's nice to have a point-by-point assessment of pain points. Falling into the potential user category, I've opted not to use MongoDB for my current project because the particular benefits don't align nicely with my problem, but it was useful to see this and know a bit of what to expect with Mongo, good and bad.