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Discussion on: Announcing the MongoDB Atlas Hackathon on DEV!

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André Pena

I like this for 2 reasons:

  • MongoDB is usually frowned upon but, if used for its intended purposes, it's actually an extremelly powerful database. For example: If you need a wildcard index on arbitrary JSON (index all property paths), MongoDB is much more suitable than Postgres. I know about GIN indexes, but everytime I tried to implement them I stumbled on some limitation.
  • Amazon is growing way too powerful. Because you are already their customer, you tend to favor their solution over everything else (like a platform effect). I Think MongoDB atlas is doing a good job fighting against this trend.