s/MySQL/MariaDB/ * It works out of the box, and continues to work with no (or only minimal) tuning (no vacuum, etc) * Scaling up through replication is straig

s/MySQL/MariaDB/ * It works out of the box, and continues to work with no (or only minimal) tuning (no vacuum, etc) * Scaling up through replication is straightforward * Every techstack supports MySQL/MariaDB In short: Good enough, No drama. In my experience developers prefer PostgreSQL, while SysOps / DevOps / SRE's prefer MariaDB.