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I don't know, I got started with Mongo because ... it was so easy to start with, but come deployment time got bitten by a LOT of issues (which essentially negated any advantage in using Mongo).

As a result of this experience I almost exclusively use PostgreSQL, and I've never EVER been burned by taking this approach.

Sometimes I do use another DB but there has to be a seriously good reason for it.



Same thing. I was a software dev, then I went to the back end with MongoDB and NodeJS, and I learnt what ACID means...

Also about MySQL, many people forget it isn't ACID compliant either and just look at benchmarks or use MySQL "because Facebook uses it". I am sure that if any startup would use PostgreSQL it would avoid many problems on the road.


I think that PostgreSQL is, in almost every aspect, a superior product to MySQL.

But MySQL not being ACID compliant is flat out wrong (assuming that you're using InnoDB)


Yes with InnoDB it is.




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