His site would be loading waaay much faster if he was using MySQL even with HN traffic! Joking aside - I see MySQL as an entry level database. There’s time and

His site would be loading waaay much faster if he was using MySQL even with HN traffic! Joking aside - I see MySQL as an entry level database. There’s time and place for it - just like PHP. Using pq or whatever is better doesn’t automatically make your product a success.