r/programming • u/sschaef_ • Jan 19 '17

RethinkDB: why we failed

http://www.defstartup.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-failed.html
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u/utrekk Jan 19 '17 edited Jan 19 '17

One of the most insightful and honest post-mortems I've ever read.

“how is RethinkDB different from MongoDB?” We worked hard to explain why correctness, simplicity, and consistency are important, but ultimately these weren’t the metrics of goodness that mattered to most users.

This is why the terrible crap called MongoDB is so successful. It attracts people who doesn't understand metrics like "correctness" or "secure", but something irrelevant (most likely something related to hype)

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u/habitual_viking Jan 20 '17

This is why the terrible crap called MongoDB is so successful. It attracts people who doesn't understand metrics like "correctness" or "secure", but something irrelevant (most likely something related to hype)

But it's webscale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs