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If people are using a real database, likely there is just a boolean flag for that record getting flipped to True/False to signify deletion. Unless you use mongo, then your shit is probably gone already and you dont even know it.


Wait what? Why are you randomly crapping on Mongo? You can use Mongo in exactly the same way as you described.


Because crapping on Mongo is “in” right now. Years ago it used to be “in” to crap on it for its deaign choices, especially its tendency to lose data (seems to be what the parent comment is referencing; see [1] for a summary of some issues from 2013).

More recently it’s “in” for their business decisions, with the relicensing and the rise of API-compatible alternatives pushing some users away.

But yeah, really no reason to mock them in this discussion, apart from going for internet cool points from an audience that may also be critical of Mongo.

[1] https://aphyr.com/posts/284-jepsen-mongodb


It's hacker news, randomly crapping on technology nobody brought up is what hackers do (/s)


Real database supports real erasure.




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