As a fan of Codd/Date/Pascal, relational algebra, and ACID, I used to feel the same about NoSQL, but have since come to appreciate it as an option. Schemaless is nicer for exploratory programming with frequent data model changes, for one example.
Here's a good article on NoSQL data modeling that covers it better, along with some good discussion in the comments:
Here's a good article on NoSQL data modeling that covers it better, along with some good discussion in the comments:
http://highlyscalable.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/nosql-data-mo...