[kev009]

I moved to postgres over a decade ago but have occasionally had to interlope into MySQL/MariaDB infrastructure. IMHO it has been a lesser choice for a long time, typically just clinging onto it because of legacy reasons or an over-involved executive but these people are also typically very proud and protective over the thing they know.

Realistically if you need the MySQL semantics (eww) and wire protocol TiDB or a hosted offering like Aurora DB have been better choices for a long time now.

[walth]

For single instances, this seems very true.

For complex multi-member clusters Maria/MySQL are quite far ahead.

[kev009]

Ahead of what? Compatibles completely eclipse MySQL's operation model by any conceivable metric or operational hygiene.