Critical Opinions & Articles About Why MongoDB Is a Bad Choice
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“Call Me Maybe: MongoDB” — Jepsen analysis showing consistency and safety issues
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Why Companies Are Moving Away from MongoDB in 2025 — about schema-flexibility issues, performance problems, and lack of strong join support
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Disadvantages of MongoDB: Exploring the Challenges of a NoSQL Database — on redundancy, high memory usage, and data-integrity limitations
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Understanding the Key MongoDB Pros and Cons (2025) — highlights duplication, document-size/nesting limits, and memory trade-offs
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5 Real-World Examples of MongoDB Issues (2024) — looks at scalability, cost, and operational complexity concerns when using MongoDB at scale
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MongoDB ETL Challenges: Key Issues & Limitations (2024) — on schema flexibility vs. data consistency and the headaches in moving data for analytics/warehousing
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“Why You Should Never Use MongoDB” — a widely shared critique of schema design pitfalls
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Real-world Production MongoDB Realm Application Migration: Exploring Options and Strategies (Molo17, 2024)
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Is MongoDB Shutting Down? — summary of deprecation & impact on mobile (Skynix, 2024)
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Reddit: MongoDB Realm deprecation — community reaction to the shutdown
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Why You Should Never Use MongoDB — schema pitfalls & long-term maintenance issues
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Maybe You Should Never Use MongoDB — developer critique of real-world limitations
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Why Not MongoDB? — community discussion of technical drawbacks & missing capabilities
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Why MongoDB Is Unreliable — summary of durability and consistency criticisms
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