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> Postgres continues to hold its position as one of the most popular developer databases ever created. Not bashing Postgres, however that statement is an overs
by doublerabbit 3y ago
> Postgres continues to hold its position as one of the most popular developer databases ever created.
Not bashing Postgres, however that statement is an overstatement. Postgres was a "it exists" database back in the early 2000's.
All the scripts my scripts kiddie paws could get on were always orientated towards MySQL.
Uploading .php3 files on 56k were my teenagers eyes of fun.
- makoz 3y agoDisclaimer work at AWS. > Postgres was a "it exists" database back in the early 2000's. If we're really nitpicking it's not saying Postgres is the most popular database since the early 2000's. If you base it of off install counts as the metric, I would assume the statement is true since I'd think it's either Postgres or MySQL today.
- doublerabbit 3y agoI'm glad that Postgres is now a thing and is now being offered in comparison to MySQL. The stack of LAMP in 05's is what kept it down below. LAPP wasn't a thing, which is now. And Apache is falling behind thanks to nginx. It wasn't until JSON and Postgres supporting JSON that made developers change their cog. 2012, and I'd agree. https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/when-did-postgres-become-cool https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/when-did-postgres-become-co... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37066292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37066292
- tristan957 3y agoI think the real turning point was the introduction of Postgres extension in 9.1 (2011).