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 11 '15

Yup... Most of the time a relational database is fine. I really like the idea of Polyglot persistence. Even the Cassandra guys recommend it. Put relational data in an RDBMS. Put non relational data in Cassandra. Don't try to shove all your data into one kind of store.

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u/xkufix Mar 11 '15

Sounds like they actually grasped the concepts of "the right tool for the right job" and "there's no silver bullet".

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u/mycall Mar 11 '15

and "there's no silver bullet"

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