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by lilbobbytables 3291 days ago
Similar to the article author, many just don't have experience with relational db's and have only heard that they aren't flexible and don't scale.

They don't realize just how easily performant Postgres can be - and often so easily by sticking basic indexes where they are needed. Similarly they may not realize the amount of data and load PG or MySQL can handle just fine.