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MongoDBs clients are much more simple to use than that of RethinkDB. Imho that was the number one reason it didn’t gain traction.

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I'm curious what you mean by this. We use a combination of RethinkDB + Deepstream at work and it's amazing to work with with really simple querying language. I might very well be missing something, though, as I'm not the main developer so not too deep into it.

For one is the extra database handle and run I have to use every time, instead of the commands being methods to the db handle object. The repetition of males code more verbose.

Secondly, it’s the ReQL. It’s not native but not JSON based either. A weird hybrid mix.

But it’s only my personal opinion based on my taste.

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