Every Database Has Problems

Every database platform has some strengths and weaknesses. Some more than others. I caught this site (NSFW) from Erik Darling , and it made my day. I was having a tough one when this site got me to smile and chuckle out loud a few times. I especially like the MySQL and SQL Lite links (again NSFW). Every platform that you might choose to use to back an application can work in many situations. Certainly scale and load are factors to consider, but for the major relational database platforms, most will work fine for many applications. Some might work better than others, but there are always tradeoffs. There are pros and cons. This is also true for the major NoSQL platforms, though most of my experience is with relational ones, so I tend to lean in that direction. At the same time, any platform can fail horribly. Read the rest of Every Database Has Problems

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Every Database Has Problems is an episode from voiceofthedba's podcast by Steve Jones.

This episode is 02:43 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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