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MongoDB will always be a relevant example of false advertising and over-marketing (to the point of 10gen probably opening themselves to litigation) and how we all need to stop drinking the kool-aid.

There is LITERALLY no reason to use MongoDB today. If you're thinking of using MongoDB, for the love of god just try PostgreSQL.

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this is a ridiculous comment.

we use a mongodb cluster for a multi-hundred GB document store that powers ~50 various worker instances, 2 sites and an API with sub 100ms response times. we have never lost data or experienced downtime worse than other dbs i've used in the past.

at the end of the day you just need to do your job properly and read the documentation, not blame the tool when you can't use it properly.

*disclaimer - this is not to say postgres isn't awesome.

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