[marcosdumay]

> There's nothing wrong with storing json in your database if the tradeoffs are clear and it's used in a sensible way.

Of course. If there was, postgres wouldn't even support it.

The GP's rant is usually thrown against people that default into json instead of thinking about it and maybe coming up with an adequate structure. There are way too many of those people.

[VectorLock]

Rigid structures and schemas are nice, but having document oriented data also has its advantages.

[tuatoru]

> having document oriented data also has its advantages.

As the VC said to the founder who wanted to do things the naive way: "well, I've seen quite a few people try that over the last few decades. It'll be interesting to see if you can make it work this time."

[VectorLock]

If you haven't seen document oriented data work you haven't been looking very hard.

[inkeddeveloper]

And so are document storage databases.