> I have experience with Mongodb (although possible loss of data is alarming) and a lot of experience with MySQL/Postgres. Use PostgreSQL then, because experie

> I have experience with Mongodb (although possible loss of data is alarming) and a lot of experience with MySQL/Postgres. Use PostgreSQL then, because experience is key. Also: more time to work on the hard stuff. > I would like to support real time interactions What do you mean by that? > I would like it to be easily scalable and maintainable (possibly hosted/maintained by a third party) as I am working solo Nothing is easy to scale (across a network) if you do not want to lose data safety. So either pay someone to maintain such a beast (costly) or maintain it yourself (time-consuming, error-prone unless you are experienced). I know there are ways to scale across a network using PostgreSQL but I suggest thinking about the scaling problem when it actually occurs. Or has it already?