I used to be pretty scornful of badly put together software, for various definitions of badly put together. There are flavours of usability, but if a thing is

I used to be pretty scornful of badly put together software, for various definitions of badly put together. There are flavours of usability, but if a thing is around for a long time and manages to attract a community, and that community manages to build useful things around it, that is something to respect and admire as well. MySQL works great for a range of use cases and is easier to use for many simpler use cases. Most folk won't need any extra power offered by Postgres, and won't be encumbered by having to tinker with its implementation.