&quot;So while MongoDB today may not be a great database, I think there&#x27;s a good chance that the MongoDB of 5 or 10 years from now truly will be.&quot;<p>Either MongoDB will be, or other databases that have learned the lessons, both good and bad, of MongoDB.<p>RethinkDB appears to have captured the &quot;MongoDB done right&quot; mindshare, and PostgreSQL has gained JSON and is gaining better replication in order to cover the same niches.