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Postgres vs. MySql Over Time in `Ask HN: Who Is Hiring?`
keyword appearance count for HN hiring threads
period postgres mysql
-------- ---------- -------
2011-05 4 13
2011-06 7 29
2011-11 7 32
2011-12 10 19
2012-06 12 23
2012-09 8 13
2013-04 23 34
2013-05 22 39
2013-10 32 44
2014-04 40 41
2014-05 34 36
2014-08 44 59
2014-11 47 35
2014-12 58 68
2015-02 63 42
2015-03 47 47
2015-04 65 57
2015-05 65 53
2015-06 64 38
2015-07 57 46
source: https://gist.github.com/cieplak/97ac11ece84e4528e1cf
- joshtronic 11y ago+1 for the source code!
- smt88 11y agoIf I'm not mistaken, the lack of mentions ~2011 will likely be due to the (thankfully dead) NoSQL craze.
- brudgers 11y ago"MySQL" could be embedded in "LAMP" etc.
- ms4720 11y agonice to see
- chatmasta 11y agoMy anecdotal observation is that the popularity of MySQL was closely tied to that of PHP. When PHP faded, ruby and python became de facto web platforms of choice. More intro tutorials to those languages recommended Postgres than MySQL. Also, from working with Postgres source in a databases class... it is just so much cleaner and simpler than MySQL. Makes sense why the ruby/python influencers would opt for postgres over mysql. It's just a better product.
- _RPM 11y agoone reason not to use MySQL is that it is owned by Oracle