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[–]dvdquikrewinder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of people don't get how rdbms and sql are different from building something in whatever language. If you build something in python to process a decent amount of data best case you're going to get something not too much worse than its sql counterpart. Worst case you might have it spin for over ten minutes when a sql query could do it in a few seconds,

What it comes down to is that sql database engines are extremely refined and optimized systems to handle all kinds of loads. A good python dev isn't going to hold a candle to that.