alt Hacker NewsThe answer to the question, "what database should I use?" is "postgres". If you are in a situation where postgres actually won't work, then you already would know exactly why postgres won't work.
In other words: [Postgres -> exotic solution] is the path everyone should take (and 99% will just stay in postgres), and not [exotic solution -> postgres].
Yes, the nosql fad that swept the industry was nearly as insufferable as the SPA craze that followed alongside. Now everyone's back to tried and true. Most data once more sits in RDBMS and most html gets render on the server.
Us grizzled genX devs saw this coming a decade ago.