# MongoDB is Web Scale

5 Hacker News commenters recommended MongoDB is Web Scale and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Remembered as a legendary, long-running gem that commenters still call a personal favorite.

## Why people recommend it

- Called a legendary, long-lived classic (2 comments): "More likely by the legendary Mongo DB Is Web Scale, which just turned 15 years old!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46048650)) "For anyone that wasn't around at the time this gem came out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132865))
- Named as a personal favorite (1 comments): "the MongoDB video is one of my favorites ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919243))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MongoDB is Web Scale", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mongodb-is-web-scale-video/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).