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From a technical point of view, I agree that scalability is a killer feature. But from the point of someone learning about key/value stores, taking a entirely d
by milestinsley 17y ago
From a technical point of view, I agree that scalability is a killer feature. But from the point of someone learning about key/value stores, taking a entirely different approach is helpful. For me, it has been invaluable to detach my thought process from any concept of SQL and think different.
- SwellJoe 17y agoIf education and mind expansion were the point of distributed key/value stores, then this would be a valid argument. For some people, I suppose it is. But, for most folks they are a means to an end...and the end is not making people more clever. The end is building scalable applications for most folks, and an SQL query layer doesn't impede that.