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From: Andy <andrhahn@hotmail.com>
To: <user@couchdb.apache.org>
Subject: simple use cases for couch db
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:18:51 -0600
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So Ive been obsessively reading about and researching CouchDB over the past=
 couple weeks.  I even wrote my own Java client since the ones on the marke=
t weren't up to my standards :)  I've probably read 200 articles on google =
explaining the downsides to CouchDB.  I've read the Use Cases on Couch.io. =
 Ive read Jan's book=2C 10 times.  And still I have this one overwhelming q=
uestion - what can I use it for??? =20

Im a java developer.  I work in a large enterprise but I also do lots of ho=
me projects.  At work we use Oracle with Hibernate for Java ORM.  At home I=
 use MySQL.  For attachments I use a CDN.  Can anyone explain what real use=
s I could use CouchDB for?  Does it help reporting=2C does it let me index =
info for that little search bar on most sites=2C etc?  It sounds like it is=
n't great for reporting since people are mixing it with Solr and Lucene and=
 Elastic Search=2C correct?  It would be cool to write a site with no middl=
eware (php=2C java=2C etc) but I dont plan on doing that anytime soon.  I d=
id just read a great thesis on that though :)  The offline access feature w=
ill be huge one day. =20

Its people like me that kinda like what we hear=2C we know we love REST and=
 JSON and built in http server=2C the replication and clustering and load b=
alancing honestly doesn't mean that much to me.  The no transactions freaks=
 me out=2C so does the no ad-hoc querying=2C but I'd love to learn more.  I=
 would like to use it if I just knew for what.  Just a few simple use cases=
 that aren't super specific to someones bizarre business process.  How has =
it helped you?  Sorry=2C Ive been waiting all week to ask this question.  I=
 REALLY think this is a great community and I can't wait to learn more and =
help promote the uses of this technology.  Thanks-
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