BedquiltDB
Data
document database
SHOW HN2016
145points
65comments
#234of 2,264 in 2016
Top 11%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
No external dependencies beyond base PostgreSQL
From 1 comment
Not requiring any external dependencies is a huge plus in my book.
metalliqaz on HN
Objections
Not production-ready and unproven against MongoDB features
From 2 comments
Err because things like this didn't even exist until 10 minutes ago and aren't production-ready. I don't really understand people who keep saying this. Postgresql supports JSON,…
153354 on HNThere are different types of indexes that mongo supports within a document that are more complex than what PostgreSQL can do. Or at least that is what I remember last time I…
153354 on HN
Postgres jsonb indexing has quirks compared to MongoDB
From 1 comment
So, I haven't used Mongo, but here's a list of things I found to be bad about jsonb (use case was a project where we need to be able to quickly aggregate over large numbers of…
CHY872 on HN
Requests
Make it API compatible with MongoDB drivers
From 2 comments
this would be killer .. indeed something I would pay for .. if you make it API compatible with Mongodb. Meaning I can dropin use node-mongo, mongo-ruby, pymongo with your…
sandGorgon on HNIf it becomes API compatible with MongoDB, it could be especially popular with Meteor developers. I'm developing an app on Meteor now where the CRUD operations for the largest…
stephenboyd on HN
Questions
Why PL/PgSQL instead of other extension languages
From 1 comment
Any particular reason to choose PL/PgSQL over other extension languages?
e12e on HN
What are the benefits over PostgREST
From 1 comment
I have to mention here postgrest I'm very fan of it, to me it's a nice equilibrium between documents and relational. For complex queries I just create db views that become very…
alfonsodev on HN
Alternatives named
BlitzDB
From 1 comment
A while ago I wrote a similar system, called BlitzDB: https://github.com/adewes/blitzdb It provides a uniform, mongo-like interface over various storage backends, most notably…
ThePhysicist on HN
ToroDB
From 1 comment
There are more and more relational databases that are beginning to accomplish what MongoDB is (sort of) doing. And ironically, doing it better. They all seem to use PostgreSQL…
chris_wot on HN
PostgREST
From 1 comment
I have to mention here postgrest I'm very fan of it, to me it's a nice equilibrium between documents and relational. For complex queries I just create db views that become very…
alfonsodev on HN
Marten
From 1 comment
I've been using Marten which is a document DBA built on PostgreSQL for .net, https://github.com/JasperFx/marten It's awesome, PostgreSQL is awesome.
philliphaydon on HN
pgjson
From 1 comment
That's very nice. It reminds me of my own https://github.com/fiatjaf/pgjson, but of course yours is bigger, seems much more feature-complete and battle-tested. I think I'm going…
fiatjaf on HN