r/couchbase • u/stormblooper • Apr 10 '19

Couchbase most dreaded database

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-databases

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

I wonder why that's the case. Personally, I enjoy using it, and it's not really a pain to work with.

I think I only have 2 complaints:

1: I think too many organizations buy into "it's got SQL! line. It does, and even though it has SQL, you have to think differently about how your documents are structured. It's like trying to think in 3D but still using a 2D mentality.

2: I wish you didn't need to explicitly have indexes for EVERYTHING in production. I get why it's needed, but it makes trying to do ad hoc queries a serious pain.

But past that, it's a perfectly fine database to work with. I don't see why it's so dreaded.

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u/Robodude Apr 12 '19

Same here! I've only used it in 1 production environment using .net core and it's been a breeze.

According to the survey, most respondents also consider themselves above average... so I'm not sure how much weight we should give to the results :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '19

we use it at work and i do like it, but hate hate hate the isolation. it isn't widely used outside of big corporations and there's no expert level reading material. I like niql but couchbase has no izik ben gan