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I think people only use it because it stores JSON and let's you query it arbitrarily on demand. It appears to be as good as CouchDB, but with on-demand queries,
by fiatjaf 11y ago
I think people only use it because it stores JSON and let's you query it arbitrarily on demand. It appears to be as good as CouchDB, but with on-demand queries, as good as Postgres, but with JSON (!). It appears to be quick and easy and the tool for the job.
Also, when people say NoSQL they actually mean MongoDB.
- imaginenore 11y ago> Also, when people say NoSQL they actually mean MongoDB That's just not true. There are tons of NoSQL solutions that are well known. Redis.
- bpicolo 11y agoIn fact it's quite literally the opposite of true. Edit: In the sense that there are many, many well-regarded and used NoSql databases.
- giaour 11y agoCassandra, Couch, Redis, Riak, Dynamo...
- arthurcolle 11y agoPostgres, MySQL, RethinkDB...
- fiatjaf 11y agoRight, I know that, but thank you for listing.
- joepie91_ 11y ago> as good as Postgres, but with JSON (!). PostgreSQL has supported JSON for a good while now, I've even explicitly linked to it in my post. And no, MongoDB is certainly not 'as good' - many of the problems listed simply do not exist in PostgreSQL.
- fiatjaf 11y agoI know. I'm just trying to say what I think people in general think about MongoDB.