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Agreed. I consider MySQL a red flag and avoid any projects or teams that choose it over Postgres. Postgres is reliable, flexible, fast, and well documented. It'

• UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
  > I consider MySQL a red flag and avoid any projects or teams that choose it over Postgres. I am in the "pro Postgres" camp, but this attitude is too black and white for me. For many projects Postgres in superior to MySQL, but there are situations and requirements where MySQL makes a lot more sense. For just one example, I can get MySQL as a service much cheaper and easier than I can get Postgres as a service. Which isn't to say Postgres as a service doesn't exist (it does), just to say MySQL is more readily available and there is more competition in that sector. Additional if I had a DBA who was a MySQL expert and didn't know a thing about Postgres, I'd go with MySQL for my project. Since a good DBA is worth their weight in gold, and an expert in a particular DBMS can be a massive asset to a project. But given no restrictions or needs, I'd pick Postgres as my "default" choice. I just don't think it is right to say you'd avoid a team/project just because they picked MySQL, sometimes there are completely legit reasons (or politics).
• zamalek 11y ago
  What I love about Postgres is how it's the only remaining innovator in the SQL space. It's like Microsoft and Oracle were circa 1999 (the last true innovation out of either was sparse columns in MSSQL). Genetic algorithms, the works. Everything else is mostly stagnant and archaic.