Graph DBs and (maybe) Where To Use Them

This article reviews graph databases, as a storage technology similar to relational databases like Postgres and document stores like MongoDB. We review the basic concepts of graph DBs, some example engines, use cases in which treating data as a graph can be useful. We explore a project that uses a graph DB to store data about cloud systems, and we use a graph DB to model a router+firewall&rsquo;s…