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by dlvktrsh 1987 days ago
I've been the exact person you're talking about, do u think I should switch to postgres instead?

I'm trying to build an Instagram bot that collects all sorts of user metadata and their interactions with other users maybe evern someday make a Twitter version of the saem bot and try to mine some more data

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For small projects like this either one would probably be fine. Hell, you can try implementing with both just to see what you like and don't like from each.
I suppose switching depends in part on how much work that would be.

That said, I tend to pick Postgres as a default because using JSONB columns I can get the benefits of 'NoSQL' and switch over to 'SQL' while staying within the same database.

I don't think you'll benefit from switching either way, but in my opinion you'll benefit from learning Postgres when you have the time / start a new project.