Hey, Threadiverse! I’m looking for informed opinions on database choices.

I can stand up an Internet-facing application and have it use either MySQL or PostgreSQL. Which is the better choice, and why do you think so?

Thanks!

  • Max-PEnglish
    78•13 days ago

    As someone that admins hundreds of MySQL at work, I’d go with PostgreSQL.

    • @pageflightEnglish
      28•13 days ago

      Yeah, every time I find some weird annoying behavior or some missing feature in MySQL, PostgreSQL is doing it right.

      That said, also ask yourself if you really need a relational database, or whether an object store or append-only / timeseries db would fit better.