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MySQL have unfixable legacy code for scalability that world top database engineer gave up and asked users to stop using.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.there
by v3ss0n 3y ago
MySQL have unfixable legacy code for scalability that world top database engineer gave up and asked users to stop using..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/12/06/mysql_a_pretty_poor_database/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/12...
facebook was build using pho mysql since start, by the time they have billion dollar valuation 8ts too late for them to change.
- endisneigh 3y agoConsidering the source take it with a grain of salt
- v3ss0n 3y agoOracle engineer who is tasked to work on MySQL optimizations is not a good source?
- endisneigh 3y agoA single departing employees opinion is not definitive, no. Considering both YouTube and Facebook use modified MySQL I’m skeptical there’s some inherent structural disadvantages. Not to mention no technical reasoning is given at all, so yes take the article with a grain of salt.
- samlambert 3y agoThey have reevaluated multiple times.