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Discussion on: Choosing a node.js database

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Manav Misra

If you must use a NoSQL database,
Generally, the flexibility of NoSQL and general ease of use - basically just keep writing JS instead of learning SQL (JOIN 🤮) - makes it more of a defacto standard than SQL. IOW, "If you must use a SQL database,"
Mongo, specifically offers as much or as little rigidity as you want via validations.
I don't see any major motivation whatsover to reach for SQL as a default.

I do agree that there is value in learning both, but when it time to move on something and hit the ground coding, SQL doesn't seem the best fit generally.