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Pycon 2009: Drop ACID and think about data

I think Bob Ippolito's PyCon presentation is worth a watch. Bob is a well known Pythonista who has created simplejson, mochiweb, mochikit and pytyrant (just to name a few stuff he's made). In this presentation he presents some alternative ways to look at databases. Nothing really breathtaking, but it's a nice reminder that cramming everything in the relational model isn't that smart:

Code · Database · Python · Tips • 7. May 2009

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phaithful 7. May 2009

Thx for sharing the video. It was a very good talk that ran the gamut of the most popular alternatives to RDBM.

Given the options out there, I was wondering if you had any opinions on MongoDB in particular. I know Plurk is currently using Tokyo Cabinet + LightCloud (which is awesome btw).

But do you think you'd ever consider MongoDB as a suitable alternative b/c of the claimed speed and robustness?

amix 7. May 2009: phaithful:
I am not that fanatical about the tools I use and I don't think any database is a silver bullet - so I would do consider MongoDB (or any other database for that matter). The thing about Tokyo Cabinet is that it's well tested and has been in development for a lot of years now - - it also offers amazing performance (11000 sets or gets pr. second).