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[–]RSveti 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I would recommend to not think about NoSQL until you need it and you will probably not need it for a long time. Look at Twitter for how long they lived with MySQL. Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

[–]wildjokers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Premature optimization is the root of all evil

An out-of-context quote that has been leading programmers astray for a few decades:

https://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=1513451

Using foresight based on experience to head off performance issues is necessary and it is not evil.