This is a great thing to read and discuss, as opposed to blindly jumping on one bandwagon or another. A relational database is a framework for storing data tha

This is a great thing to read and discuss, as opposed to blindly jumping on one bandwagon or another. A relational database is a framework for storing data that comes with some rules in in exchange helps to guarantee certain characteristics. A flat file is too. The choice of which one to use depends on the problem. Often there are several good choices. Imagine all the relational db zealots who frown upon using a relational db in a slightly unconventional way, such as strong events in a single table using a json column in postgres. Yet postgres provides some useful features and so it may actually be very smart to use it that way.