SQL to NoSQL: Database Paradigms

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Mind map categorizing database types: Relational, Document, Key-Value, Wide-Column, and Graph with examples and strengths.

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What it shows

Relational engines excel at complex transactions and structured queries.
Key-value and document stores trade ad-hoc joins for horizontal scale.
Graph and wide-column databases solve specific traversal and write loads.

The takeaway

Match your database paradigm to query patterns and data access shapes, not industry trends.

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