SQL. Doesn’t really matter what form, but it’s just easy to work with. We tend to mainly operate MSSQL, but we’re not so in bed with T-SQL that its hard for us

SQL. Doesn’t really matter what form, but it’s just easy to work with. We tend to mainly operate MSSQL, but we’re not so in bed with T-SQL that its hard for us to operate the few MySQL and Postgres databases we have. SQL is easy to build on and maintain. Systems operators know how to run it both locally, on rented iron and in the cloud, and developers know how to utilise it. At least around here. It frankly does everything we need as well, from being a database to being a queue and so on, and while there are other ways to do much of that, we’re not Netflix. Having the perfect tech stack is more expensive for us than not having it, because it requires our staff to know more things, and you can buy a loooooot of hours in Azure for the price of an additional developer/operations engineer.