> I don't use MySQL, but I've heard it's not nearly as bad as it once was. MySQL 5.7+ is decent. Where it loses out to PostgreSQL is the lack of plugins/extens

> I don't use MySQL, but I've heard it's not nearly as bad as it once was. MySQL 5.7+ is decent. Where it loses out to PostgreSQL is the lack of plugins/extensions. PostgreSQL is extensible in ways MySQL users can only dream of (e.g. timescaledb, pg_trgm) Also, the forking of MySQL and MariaDB has resulted in 2 very similar databases that people consider interchangeable - but aren't. There's plenty of "gotchas" if SQL is meant to run on both.