u/amaxenin r/Database • Recommends
Since we have some NoSQL bigots on the site, here's a classic......
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- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2019 to 2025.
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
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A satirical animated parody of the NoSQL versus relational database debate, mocking the early hype around MongoDB's scalability claims.
Q&A discussion discussing the merits of No SQL and relational databases.Why it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a classic software engineering parody that perfectly captures the early hype and reality disconnect of MongoDB and NoSQL.
u/gajus0in r/PostgreSQL • Mentions
…fine(ish), splitting databases is not. By adding a second database:
- You lose the ability to perform ACID transactions.
- You lose referential integrity.
- You lose PITR.
These are major downsides. If someone suggested you to use a database for your new project that does not support even one of these, you would (hopefully) dismiss their advice (link to this video
To make things worse, it adds a ton of complexity:
- deployment & permission management is twice as complicated
- keeping database schemas in sync is a challenge
- comparing database states is time consuming
A non-technical problem that emerges over time:
- different databases / schemas adopt different conventions because they are seen…
u/krulosin r/compsci • Mentions
On “The Pressures of Success in Undergraduate Computer Science Programs”
That's some nice code! Actually readable unlike a the vast majority of JS out there. The bunny rabbit comment reminds me of the mongodb is webscale video lol
link to this video
afandianon Hacker News • Mentions
On “OpenNote – an open web-based alternative to Microsoft OneNote and EverNote”
I don't like MySQL either. But it's probably the perfect choice. Or perhaps you think something webscale1 is required? 1 link to this video
smoyeron Hacker News • Mentions
On “The Handmade Manifesto”
…racle's Application Express - while we have extensive expertise in Oracle's database software, we have this one system which was completed for expediency's sake. It's kind of horrific but (mostly) works at the scale required. It would be financially foolish to dig into more deeply into ApEx for this one dead-end application. Everyone is happy. 1 link to this video (audio NSFW) 2 link…
abraaeon Hacker News • Mentions
On “SQL vs. NoSQL Databases: What’s the Difference?”
And on that theme, then get ready for when your boss gets to the part about how NoSQL gives you: "Rapid development. If you’re developing within two-week Agile sprints, cranking out quick iterations, or needing to make frequent updates to the data structure without a lot of downtime between versions, a relational database will slow you down." Reminds me of this classic link to this video
SkyMarshalon Hacker News • Mentions
On “The Marketing Behind MongoDB”
From what I've observed, the "crowd" is easily seduced by performance above all other concerns - correctness, security, science, etc. NoSQL was invented and gained popularity b/c it originally was easier to scale via sharding, and that was seductive enough 1 to give it industry momentum. While performance is a feature, it seemed many folks originally advocating NoSQL did not understand or appreciate the mathematical foundations of the relational model. A decade of experience seems to be driving zeitgeist back to scientific fundamentals. 1: link to this video
senkoon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Jepsen Disputes MongoDB's Data Consistency Claims”
Some readers might not be familiar with that particular meme: link to this video IMHO it perfectly describes the hype-reality disconnect at the early days of MongoDB. Yeah it was that bad. Mongo has improved since, the hype has toned down and the NoSQL space is more crowded these days.
slyallon Hacker News • Mentions
On “MongoDB History”
The "Mongo DB is Web Scale" video just turned 10 years old. I'm pretty sure that was a big factor in MongoDB not being taken seriously by many people. link to this video
arkushon Hacker News • Mentions
On “The Rust compiler has gotten faster again”
The hvasilev's comment got flagged and I could not reply to it anymore, so I'll reply here (sorry) and copy-paste the hvasilev's comment verbatim below, for the sake of commenting on it's claims: --- Reality is not on the side of this language. 11 year old, has a very low adoption with virtually no jobs associated. ( link ) On the other hand if you search for "Rust" in the latest "Who wants to be hired?" thread, you will see it is quite popular with unemployed people. The reality is that the language has a lot of friction, the ergonomics are bad, the syntax is heavy and some poor decision making has been made there for a systems-level programming language. There are a lot of ideological tr…
xcambaron Hacker News • Mentions
On “Consider SQLite”
Glad you liked it! The reference to this series of videos was intended of course. The specific video I had in mind was actually link to this video Enjoy!
Banana699on Hacker News • Mentions
On “SQLite Internals: Pages and B-trees”
"Mongo DB is a web scale DB and doesn't use SQL or Joins so it's high-performance. Everybody knows that relational DBs don't scale because they use Joins and Write-To-Disk." link to this video
MauranKilomon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Inside boost::unordered_flat_map”
> I understand “web scale” in the marketing term Mongo sense That's the joke. (And for anyone who hasn't seen it: link to this video )
wasimanitobaon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software”
I wonder if you've ever seen this classic video mocking such marketing claims which is called "MongoDB is Web Scale": link to this video