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Episode 19: Why Your Bank and Instagram Don't Use the Same Database
Mia and Leo compare SQL and NoSQL databases through a filing cabinet with fixed drawers versus flexible labeled bins. Schemas, document stores like MongoDB, key-value stores like Redis, and the real tradeoff between structure and flexibility: why banks choose SQL and social feeds choose NoSQL. Which shape is your data?
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