Comment by tombert

9 hours ago

Meh.

I agree that managing lots of databases can be a pain in the ass, but trying to make Postgres do everything seems like a problem as well. A lot of these things are different things and trying to make Postgres do all of them seems like it will lead to similar if not worse outcomes than having separate dedicated services.

I understand that people were too overeager to jump on the MongoDB web scale nosql crap, but at this point I think there might have been an overcorrection. The problem with the nosql hype wasn't that they weren't using SQL, it's that they were shoehorning it everywhere, even in places where it wasn't a good fit for the job. Now this blog post is telling us to shoehorn Postgres everywhere, even if it isn't a good fit for the job...

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cyanydeez  9 hours ago

to be fair, Postgres cana basically do everything Mongo can and just as well.

  • tombert  9 hours ago

    Ok, I'm a little skeptical of that claim but let's grant it. I still don't think Postgres is going to do everything Kafka and Redis can do as well as Kafka or Redis.