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by threeseed 3698 days ago
> There's been a large migration off of mysql to postgres

No there hasn't:

http://db-engines.com/en/ranking

Which makes sense since they aren't really playing in the same space. The benefits of PostgreSQL are largely lost on typical MySQL use cases (light load, simple CRUD access patterns, limited use of JSON/BSON etc).
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majewsky 3697 days ago
I question the method. They mostly measure search results, job offerings and tweets about the DB. And that could just as well mean a "MySQL is shit" tweet, an opening for a DBA that can migrate away from MySQL, and so on.
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nathan_long 3697 days ago
> Which makes sense since they aren't really playing in the same space. The benefits of PostgreSQL are largely lost on typical MySQL use cases (light load, simple CRUD access patterns, limited use of JSON/BSON etc).

What benefits do you see that MySQL has over PostgreSQL? What defines its niche?

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