About 9-10 years ago, there was a relatively small but extremely vocal contingent that were sure that MongoDB and other NoSQL databases were replacing Postgres. Mongo was killing Postgres! SQL was old and busted. NoSQL was the new hotness!
Here we are in 2019 and Postgres is still the primary data store of choice for more web services than any other database.
Other languages are killing Ruby in the same way that MongoDB killed Postgres.
About 9-10 years ago, there was a relatively small but extremely vocal contingent that were sure that MongoDB and other NoSQL databases were replacing Postgres. Mongo was killing Postgres! SQL was old and busted. NoSQL was the new hotness!
Here we are in 2019 and Postgres is still the primary data store of choice for more web services than any other database.
Other languages are killing Ruby in the same way that MongoDB killed Postgres.
Except that Ruby has never been "the primary choice for most web services".
Not even close...
How is Ruby not being killed for being a leader it never was?
I don't think Ruby is dead, but the analogy didn't work out from my perspective... Just a friendly feedback on the idea, nothing personal. ;)
During the time frame I was talking about, Postgres wasn’t a leading database, either.
Not even close…
It's just that you said that in your analogy, so I kept wondering...
Anyway, I guess Ruby isn't dead and that's the takeaway here.
Turns out I was wrong, Postgres still isn't a leading database. In fact, it has less than half of the mindshare of each of the top 3.
That makes the analogy even better than either of us gave it credit for.
Jamie, you've got the best analogy. Case solved! ;)