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On #7: ACID is a concept that matters just as much now as it used to, but I think a lot of people that thought ACID was important realize that it might not be s
by christopheraden 13y ago
On #7: ACID is a concept that matters just as much now as it used to, but I think a lot of people that thought ACID was important realize that it might not be so. I wouldn't say a RDBMS is uniformly better than text files, but in some applications, I wouldn't have it any other way.
When dealing with crucial data where robustness and correctness are paramount, an RDBMS may not be a bad fit. I cringe at the thought of an insurance claims system being done in NoSQL or JSON instead of a more robust system. Things are probably different in the startup world, but I'd rather take a huge hit to performance than a multi-million fine and audit for losing records from my DB.