SQL vs NoSQL
Nikolay and Michael are joined by Franck Pachot to discuss SQL vs NoSQL — did Franck change teams by joining MongoDB, normalisation vs denormalisation, developer experience, NULLs, and more!
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
- Franck Pachot https://postgres.fm/people/franck-pachot
- Franck's workshop at PGConf India https://pgconf.in/conferences/pgconfin2025/program/proposals/958
- PostgreSQL Conference Germany https://2025.pgconf.de
- "Schema Later" Considered Harmful by Michael Stonebraker and Álvaro Hernández https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/schema-later-considered-harmful
- Comparison of JOINS by Michael Stonebraker and Álvaro Hernández https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/comparison-joins-mongodb-vs-postgresql
- Franck’s post about why he joined MongoDB https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2025-im-joining-mongodb-franck-pachot-e4shf
- EdgeDB https://www.edgedb.com
- Nikolay’s tweet about a recent issue with NULLs https://x.com/samokhvalov/status/1889078097124999272
- PartiQL https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/ql-reference.html
- FerretDB https://www.ferretdb.com
- DocumentDB https://github.com/microsoft/documentdb
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What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
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Postgres FM is produced by:
- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
With special thanks to:
- Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork
Creators and Guests
Guest
Franck Pachot
Developer Advocate at MongoDB (formerly at YugabyteDB, distributed PostgreSQL), AWS Data Hero, Oracle Certified Master