Why does MongoDB remain a popular choice?

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re-thc · Accepted Answer

It has grown and evolved. It&rsquo;s at least not the train wreck it once was. A lot of people that bash it nowadays might not haves used it recently and live on memes.It&rsquo;s a decent choice with a good hosted option (atlas).

colesantiago · Answer

Stripe is known for using MongoDB heavily.https://stripe.com/blog/how-stripes-document-databases-suppo...If Stripe is using it this means it should be a good choice.

PaulHoule · Answer

I haven't worked with anyone who uses it in 12 years. Got turned on to arango but what a shame about the license, now I am writing an adaptation layer enough to get my apps onto postgres with JSONB.Ok, the ubiquiti controller still uses mongo though i bet they wish they were using sqlite.

Why does MongoDB remain a popular choice?

Why does MongoDB remain a popular choice?

It has grown and evolved. It’s at least not the train wreck it once was. A lot of people that bash it nowadays might not haves used it recently and live on memes.
It’s a decent choice with a good hosted option (atlas).

Stripe is known for using MongoDB heavily.
https://stripe.com/blog/how-stripes-document-databases-suppo...
If Stripe is using it this means it should be a good choice.

I haven't worked with anyone who uses it in 12 years. Got turned on to arango but what a shame about the license, now I am writing an adaptation layer enough to get my apps onto postgres with JSONB.
Ok, the ubiquiti controller still uses mongo though i bet they wish they were using sqlite.