Its more the ecosystem around it than the name. When I was first getting into web development all the tutorials were around setting up MySQL. phpMyAdmin was a

Its more the ecosystem around it than the name. When I was first getting into web development all the tutorials were around setting up MySQL. phpMyAdmin was a friendly front end where I could actually see what I was doing. Postgres has gotten better and friendlier over time, but its still much easier to ramp up with MySQL.