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codepopeon Launch HN: Fly.io (YC W20) – Deploy app servers close to your users

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codepopeon Was MongoDB Ever the Right Choice?

It's called MongoDB. ACID multi-document transactions, here, now, introduced in version 4.0. https://www.mongodb.com/transactions

codepopeon Was MongoDB Ever the Right Choice?

You should check out multi-document ACID transactions on MongoDB 4.x. (Yes things have dramatically changed... add in change streams and JSON schema validation and $lookup and $graphlookup in aggregation)... (And if you don't want to install it locally, try a free M0 on MongoDB Atlas to play with the new features).

And yes, I work at MongoDB, and I worked with it before and it has really changed - WiredTiger has been a game changer for it, which is why I work at MongoDB now.

codepopeon Why is 65% of all music sold in the U.S. via compact disc?

I do it because I get a free CD backup of my music.