I ran it as a replacement for MySQL for 3 years, light usage php web app, around 100 - 200 users I guess. It saved me quite some hassle and reduced the attack

I ran it as a replacement for MySQL for 3 years, light usage php web app, around 100 - 200 users I guess. It saved me quite some hassle and reduced the attack surface compared to MySQL. FWIW I never bumped into speed issues. My biggest issue against it is that it would let me alter columns directly which effectively sabotaged my use of alembic when I started using Python/flask.