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DatabaseAug 30, 20249 min read

Why We Chose PostgreSQL Over NoSQL for the New Platform

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David Chen

Principal Engineer

Why We Chose PostgreSQL Over NoSQL for the New Platform

The Hype vs. Reality

A few years ago, the trend was to move everything to document stores. However, as our application matured, the lack of ACID compliance across complex transactions became a massive liability.

The Relational Advantage

PostgreSQL's advanced features, combined with JSONB columns, gave us the perfect hybrid approach: structured relational integrity where it matters, and unstructured flexibility where needed.

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