(2016), this is still technically true, but "utf8mb4" is the default encoding since MySQL 8.0, and "utf8" is a deprecated alias for "utf8mb3", so this isn't nea

(2016), this is still technically true, but "utf8mb4" is the default encoding since MySQL 8.0, and "utf8" is a deprecated alias for "utf8mb3", so this isn't nearly as much of a footgun.