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by inferiorhuman 2744 days ago
> I think what happens (and I have this attitude too) is that "learning" SQL takes a weekend...but then you know you'll wind up having to spend a lot longer learning the patterns of the language, and the nuances of the specific dialect, and which of the integration tools will work well with your workflow and pipeline.

You have to do the exact same things with Mongo+JS (e.g. learning when to avoid the JS bits like the plague).