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It's not about "hate".

There's no emotion involved, in fact.

It's about rationally looking at a given tool, considering its capabilities, considering how it can be beneficial and harmful in a given situation, and considering how it compares to similar other tools.

Sometimes this analysis is in favor of a given tool. PostgreSQL is a good example of this. It excels in many different ways, including some that overlap with MongoDB and other so-called NoSQL databases.

Sometimes this analysis is not in favor of a given tool. MongoDB is a good example of this. It has some pretty serious issues, and there are often better alternatives.

When people suggest to not use MongoDB, it's generally not some emotional response due to "hate". It's usually because they've considered what it can do and how it works, and it turns out that in pretty much all cases there is a better alternative available that should be used instead.



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