[LyndsySimon]

> Bad ideas from 5, 10, er 20, er 30 years ago are stil bad ideas.

I agree 100%.

I read that title and expected the post to begin with "Never. You should never serialize objects into a single field." I was disappointed.

If you need schemaless storage, use a schemaless DB. I don't understand what's so difficult about that. I wouldn't try to shove unstructured data into PostgreSQL any more than I'd try to shove relational data into MongoDB.

[spacemanmatt]

HAHA, I tend to agree that 'never' is the only good answer.

[phaedrus]

It seems the article was focused purely on the performance implications of the decision, and nothing about the maintenance and architectural impact.