I didn't mean that it was serviced better by MongoDB rather than PostgreSQL.
I meant that it was a valid/recommended use case for MongoDB since I didn't really have any relational data (every document inserted was pretty much standalone).
I've mentioned it because I've seen plenty of posts around HN where "mongo sucks" because they tried to fit a round shape through a square.
The extra goodies from MongoDB helped too.
Like automatic failover, I can literally go and unplug a node and everything will still be fine.
Having tail -f functionality in the db was also pretty handy (for my project).
The sysadmin in me was happy too, it's not everyday you see software that allows you to upgrade between major versions / storage engines without downtime (when using replica sets, not standalone, of course).
I meant that it was a valid/recommended use case for MongoDB since I didn't really have any relational data (every document inserted was pretty much standalone).
I've mentioned it because I've seen plenty of posts around HN where "mongo sucks" because they tried to fit a round shape through a square.
The extra goodies from MongoDB helped too.
Like automatic failover, I can literally go and unplug a node and everything will still be fine.
Having tail -f functionality in the db was also pretty handy (for my project).
The sysadmin in me was happy too, it's not everyday you see software that allows you to upgrade between major versions / storage engines without downtime (when using replica sets, not standalone, of course).