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These companies all use MySQL as either their primary database layer, or at least as an essential storage system for a major property or system: Facebook, Googl
by evanelias 10y ago
These companies all use MySQL as either their primary database layer, or at least as an essential storage system for a major property or system: Facebook, Google (doubleclick, cloudsql), Twitter, LinkedIn, DropBox, Alibaba, YouTube, WordPress.com, Wikipedia, GitHub, Yahoo, Yelp, Pinterest, Etsy, Tumblr, Flickr, Uber, Box, Booking.com, Instagram (migrating afaik), Lyft (migrating), Amazon (mysql backs DynamoDB)
re: "these days" meaning would these companies still choose MySQL if founded today? Impossible to say for certain, but some of them migrated to MySQL recently. Most have the resources to change databases if there was a compelling reason to do so.
Postgres has many appealing qualities, but so does MySQL (as well as SQL Server). Use the right tool for the task.
- t0mas88 10y agoIs there a source somewhere that says Mysql is used behind DynamoDB? As far as I know Amazon is very silent about what is used underneath.
- evanelias 10y agoNo authoritative source, but it's been leaked in enough places by enough people that I assume it is truthful. Here's a recent HN thread for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13173927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13173927 I'm a bit dismayed by the downvotes on my original post above. The parent asked "who would choose Microsoft or MySQL over PostgreSQL" and I answered factually and literally with who chose MySQL :/
- t0mas88 10y agoThanks. No downvotes from me, I was just curious because I hear the DynamoDB-MySQL rumor here and there but never saw it confirmed.