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Other way around - Postges will give you more job security, since it's rarer and takes more time and work to administer. People use MySQL because it's easy, an
by ars 5y ago
Other way around - Postges will give you more job security, since it's rarer and takes more time and work to administer.
People use MySQL because it's easy, and they want to spend their effort in other places.
- kstrauser 5y agoThat's like saying Python is rarer than JavaScript. Even if it's true, it's not actually rare at all. In the last 6 years, I've spent approximately 2 hours administering PostgreSQL, and I'd be the one who had to do it.
- jiggawatts 5y agoIt’s “easy” until it silently shreds data and gets your org hacked through truncation attacks. Don’t confuse lazy with easy.