[gregjor]

No disagreement from me. Relational doesn’t address every business requirement, nor do non-relational databases. They have enough overlap that you have to make an informed decision from experience.

The SQL vs. NoSQL debate got framed early on in terms of better and worse, old vs. new, which is unfortunate because it created ideological camps. Not every supposedly new thing is better than the old thing. Some NoSQL techniques predate relational databases, but no one younger than 50 has experience with what we did before Oracle and DB/2.

Choice of tools should match the requirements, not fads or anecdotes or personal preferences (or ignorance).