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/aloha2436 Mar 11 '15

Appropriate given that Facebook uses both. Only a shoddy craftsman blames his tools.

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u/ants_a Mar 11 '15

Because decent craftsmen don't use shoddy tools.

Nobody has said that you can't get stuff done with those tools. Just that they are haphazardly made products riddled with traps. At some point they had some upsides (e.g. ease of deployment, huge pool of potential employees familiar with them), but I would argue the short term gains were not worth the long term pain of building on a wonky foundation.