---
title: "SQL or NoSQL ?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/sql-or-nosql--pgwak8wur
source_url: https://towardsdev.com/sql-or-nosql-6a72bb820d33
type: article
source: "Towards Dev"
published: 2022-01-28T12:31:40.383Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:20:59.864Z
tags: ["backend", "general-programming", "microsoft-sql-server", "sql"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 28
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# SQL or NoSQL ?

**[Towards Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/towardsdev)** · 5 min read · 28 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Data is the most valuabl e commodity in today’s world. Data storage was expensive and infrastructure wasn’t that developed to efficiently store the massive influx of data. With more and more web applications, need to quickly create and access enormous data became more important. This is when NoSQL came in to rescue.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@anam0927** · 1 upvotes

> Awesome article! Explains and clears a lot of doubts about the decision making process behind this infamous question

**@raulmarindev** · 0 upvotes

> It would be amazing if the article provided an example of decision making when picking the right db. Also https://www.softwareatscale.dev/p/sql-vs-nosql-is-the-wrong-distinction

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