True point (disclaimer: don't know how mysql has evolved in the past 5 years). Fits with my general feeling of "if you want to optimize for a super specific us

True point (disclaimer: don't know how mysql has evolved in the past 5 years). Fits with my general feeling of "if you want to optimize for a super specific use case, sometimes mysql can provide some cool tricks for that use case that can be amazing" but if you want a more general solution if you need more flexibility or don't have the knowledge or don't know your future needs, postgres shines.