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Postgres had good JSON support in 2019, and he later realized JSON wasn't actually needed. Hype train is what made MongoDB a default recommendation when it's really a more niche option.

(To be clear, I'm not saying the author was hyping up Mongo, just that the hype got to him.)

It sounds reasonable as one of the options to try.

> he mentioned that working in JSON seemed natural and comfortable

As opposed to?