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Skipping the schema configuration step only saves a few minutes but if you are sloppy schema-less may hurt you big time (hidden bugs, etc.).
by arthursilva 12y ago
Skipping the schema configuration step only saves a few minutes but if you are sloppy schema-less may hurt you big time (hidden bugs, etc.).
- tshiran 12y agoI think there's a tradeoff here. It's like MongoDB - hundreds of thousands downloads per month because it enables people to build and deploy applications faster. For many cases a relational database is still better though. The nice attribute of Drill is that it works on schema-less data as well as data with strong schemas. The user can make the tradeoff between agility and 'safety'.
- tshiran 12y agoAnother analogy that might help is strongly typed vs. loosely typed languages. There are pros and cons to both Java and Python, and both are widely used.