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Some things are improving — for example: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/atomic-ddl.html

And https://mysqlserverteam.com/new-defaults-in-mysql-8-0/

Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5122299

Personally, I only use MySQL and derivatives where I have to (basically WordPress.)