The simpler, better & cheaper way to scale up a relational database
A solution is no solution if it is too expensive. And if price was not a consideration, most things you imagine could be created. I remember an advertisement from long ago for a water bottle which could create water from air in the middle of the desert. I’ve always wondered what happened to them!
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Engineers coming from big companies have answers to such problems. But the reason startups still fail is because their solution is too big, complex and expensive for startups.
Relational Databases are still relevant in the age of NoSQL because companies still have important information like employees, customers, security, etc which need to be stored in a system which ensures referential integrity & consistency.
While NoSQL databases like MongoDB have made inroads in these areas, it is best to leave them for use cases they are best suited for. The holy grail is integration between best of breed technologies & vendors — not one vendor trying to do everything for everyone, and failing at most of it.
