[thepicard]

I also have this question. There are technical reasons that PostgreSQL is better than MySQL, especially when it comes to features, but none are mentioned here.

> From the development perspective Postgres was a necessity. Not a slam dunk but objectively a better tool for our use case.

In what way?

> And if we have countless reasons, all good, but they’re nuanced and technical and tricky to impart to a non-technical audience, where does that leave us?

HN would be interested in those reasons, I know I am.

> The vast majority of the company probably still doesn’t get why we went through this painful contortion at the expense of doing, well, a lot of other things.

Neither do I, since none are given.

Though I also understand that the point of the post was about trust. It's great that there is that trust within SparkFun, I would love such an environment.