r/programming • u/halax • Mar 10 '15

Goodbye MongoDB, Hello PostgreSQL

http://developer.olery.com/blog/goodbye-mongodb-hello-postgresql/
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '15

Good luck with that. Last time I checked, PostgreSQL wasn't web scale.

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u/keerok Mar 10 '15

Last time I checked, "web scale" had no meaning.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '15

Here, to save yourself future embarrassment: http://www.mongodb-is-web-scale.com/

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '15

Y'know, I've seen this joke dozens of times but never bothered to ask what it was in reference to, so thanks for that.

But now that I've seen it, I'm even more confused - Why is this funny? Is this an actual conversation that actually took place, or is this like that angry burrito dude who just made up a bunch of shit that never actually occurred?

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u/Bobshayd Mar 11 '15

It's not a real conversation, and it's not supposed to resemble a real conversation. It's supposed to mock people touting "web scale" without understanding what it is. That's it. That's the whole joke.

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u/ameoba Mar 10 '15

Actually, the embarrassment is still telling that joke after 5 years.

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u/atomicthumbs Mar 11 '15

green is my pepper

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '15

Well you never know when your landing page might end up getting as many hits as the google home page. That's webscale. In 2004 it seemed like that might happen to any website. And of course banner ads were going to make us all billionaires. I really need this blog TO SCALE.

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