You are about to read a long story on how I got burnt with MongoDB and depressed with it. I am not blaming MongoDB, anyone using, advocating or developing it. I am blaming myself for this. MongoDB is a good tool. You can use it but just make sure it is what you need and it handles your requirements very well. This is not specific to MongoDB but applies to every tool we use.

A Brief Intro

I am working for the top entertainment tv production company in Turkey. This season we have launched a new show called "The Voice of Turkey". Americans would know this show as just "The Voice" while Dutchs as "The Voice of Holland". Long story short, boss called us and explained he wanted a page for contestants with their detailed information and a wall on it where members and the contestants would post. We thought OK, we can use our current infrastracture and go with caching for reads. After he told he is going to make live announcements the only thing I had in my mind was MongoDB. I knew that it could handle heavy reads and writes so why not use it? I've discussed with the rest of the team. We used it.