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JUST USE POSTGRES

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Postgres today is powerful enough to be the default choice for new applications requiring persistent data storage. NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, Cassandra, and MongoDB are not recommended for applications requiring high scalability and specific access patterns because data modeling gets too complex and analytics is tough. This article goes through other alternatives, like Oracle DB and Kafka, to show how Postgres is better.