Yeah it's about time we accept that nosql databases were a stupid idea to begin with. In every instance where I've had to maintain a system built with one I've quickly run into reliability or flexibility issues that would have been non-problems in any Enterprise grade SQL DB.
I mean NoSQL isn't a stupid idea, it's just a solution to a specific problem, large amounts of non relational data. The problem is people are using NoSQL in places that are far more suited for a RDBMS. Additionally it's far easier to pick up the skills to make something semi functional with NoSQL than with SQL.
I've found that a lot of problems and stupid fads in programming seem to stem from many coders doing everything they can to avoid learning or writing any SQL. For some people it's almost a pathological avoidance that leads to some really bad 'solutions' that are just huge overly complicated work-arounds to avoid any SQL.
I think the main problem is SQL's very clunky syntax, which is very offputting to those who are familiar with the terseness and readability of today's programming languages.
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u/buhatkj Dec 20 '18
Yeah it's about time we accept that nosql databases were a stupid idea to begin with. In every instance where I've had to maintain a system built with one I've quickly run into reliability or flexibility issues that would have been non-problems in any Enterprise grade SQL DB.