An interesting – and anonymous – article popped up this weekend on Hackernews about why you shouldn’t use MongoDb (copied over at MyNoSQL for posterity). There’s a nasty tone in that letter which must be stemming from some painful first-hand experience with the thingie. One can understand why they want to be anonymous – to draw attention on Mongo’s issues and not on their project or team. The rebuttals that came up right away are pretty funny though, especially this one containing interesting advice: Read the rest of this entry »