Otto@programming.dev to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoStop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceoptimizedbyotto.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down111
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minus-squareBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 months agoWhy would anyone ever choose mysql over postgres?
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoMySQL has been the “default” choice for a long time for PHP programmers. I don’t know why.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoIt used to be free with less of a barrier to entry than postgres
minus-squareAndres@social.ridetrans.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago@Scrollone @BrilliantantTurd4361 Because it used to be a lot faster than postgresql for smaller sites. MyISAM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyISAM) was super lightweight, at the expense of the occasional corrupt database (oops). I don’t know how many new people are coming to PHP these days (as opposed to javascript/python/rust/etc), but certainly the older PHP coders grew up using mysql.
Why would anyone ever choose mysql over postgres?
MySQL has been the “default” choice for a long time for PHP programmers. I don’t know why.
LAMP indeed
We need LAPP . Stat!
It used to be free with less of a barrier to entry than postgres
Tutorials mostly.
@Scrollone @BrilliantantTurd4361 Because it used to be a lot faster than postgresql for smaller sites. MyISAM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyISAM) was super lightweight, at the expense of the occasional corrupt database (oops).
I don’t know how many new people are coming to PHP these days (as opposed to javascript/python/rust/etc), but certainly the older PHP coders grew up using mysql.