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I was about to go all in with mongodb (w/ node) on my next project, including for the user table. But after this, I'm going have to re-evaluate it. "Once we fi
by henryw 13y ago
I was about to go all in with mongodb (w/ node) on my next project, including for the user table. But after this, I'm going have to re-evaluate it.
"Once we figured out that we had accidentally chosen a cache for our database, what did we do about it?"
"The only thing it’s good at is storing arbitrary pieces of JSON. “Arbitrary,” in this context, means that you don’t care at all what’s inside that JSON. You don’t even look. There is no schema, not even an implicit schema"
"I’ve heard many people talk about dropping MongoDB in to their web application as a replacement for MySQL or PostgreSQL. There are no circumstances under which that is a good idea."
"I suggest taking a look at PostgreSQL’s hstore"