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by tyingq 3168 days ago
Uber switched from Postgres to MySql. https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/

If I remember right, though, mostly because their use pattern was more like a key value store, and MySQL worked better for that pattern.

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Thank you, very interesting read! They do raise a few good points where MySQL outperforms PostgreSQL. I suppose that's one of the trade offs between them, data safety vs. performance.
> Uber switched from Postgres to MySql.

really uber should not taken as an example, especially since they failed so hard with their databases in the past.

(I'm a Postgres fan, yes, but I think that there a valid reasons to migrate to MySQL (there are several other companies who use mysql, etc but Uber's stuff is just plain FUD))