On: 12 Months with MongoDB

[weixiyen]

Yes everyone, upvote the strawman argument.

[pierrefar → weixiyen]

Why is it wrong to upvote the argument that says "use the tool that suits the job"? MongoDB fits some use cases really well, and even then we're still learning how to use it (read the post about the problems they had and how they fixed them). It's basically like any other database: it's good for some things, not so good for others, and when you use, learn it like you would learn any other part of your technology stack.

[weixiyen → weixiyen]

> Why is it wrong to upvote the argument that says "use the tool that suits the job"?

1) Because it's a strawman argument.

2) Because the reply addresses a very small subset of apps, which 10gen specifically says is not recommended for use with MongoDB.

My point is simply that you gain productivity and Mongo tends to get a lot of hate on HN. My time is limited. For 90% of use cases, I am going Mongo.