This article was originally published on the old Wordpress version of this blog. I’ve been playing with CouchDB recently with an eye to using it in one of my projects. There are lots of NoSQL choices these days, but the thing that makes CouchDB stand out for me is the HTTP REST interface. CouchDB is a fantastic piece of tech. I pulled it down on my Macbook Pro to mess around with it and got starte
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