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knieveltech on Aug 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How You Should Go About Learning NoSQL

1st, be damned sure that decades old best practices actually aren't the best tool for your current application, developer hype be damned.

latch on Aug 15, 2011 [–]

Hard to know whether they aren't the best tool for the job without at least familiarizing yourself with some alternatives.

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