Ask HN: Is MongoDB ever the best choice?

3 points by feedjoelpie 10y ago ↗ HN

Many of us have written off Mongo for a while. I don't even really give it much consideration anymore. The open-sourcing of Parse Server reminded me that people still do use Mongo to successful effect, but would it ever be your first choice?

I there a use case out there where the answer is definitively, "Yes, you should use MongoDB"?

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gjmulhol 10y ago ↗

MongoDB is web-scale.

drittoperdritto 10y ago ↗

Can you elaborate on that ?

innocentpixel 10y ago ↗

Is there a use case out there where the answer is definitely "No, you should not use MongoDB"? Yes.. there is. And so are other use cases where you have a multiple choice answer, mongo being one of them.

feedjoelpie 10y ago ↗

Right, so is there a subset of those multiple choice cases where Mongo is best?