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by lsaferite 12 days ago
Out of curiosity, why do you prefer MySQL over Postgres?
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wolvoleo 12 days ago
Good question. I think it's because I just rolled into it. It was not really a conscious decision and after a while I got used to its quirks. And it got significantly better over time too of course.
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lsaferite 11 days ago
I started on Oracle, then spent many years on MySQL, and am now using mostly Postgres. I vastly prefer Postgres over MySQL. Mind you, I haven't really worked with MySQL in a few years now, so it might have improved a lot for all I know. The one thing that initially drew me to Postgres over MySQL was DDL being transactional.
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wolvoleo 11 days ago
Yeah I know MySQL started out as the "poor man's" lightweight alternative to Postgres.

But it always worked well for me. Like I said I got used to its quirks. I'm just surprised reading from this article that postgres has quirks too :)

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