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minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoMySQL always sucked ass. PostgreSQL went in a different direction, started with best support of the SQL standard, then optimized everything to make it fast. Postgres has/had the best SQL standard support out of every server, open-source or not. MySQL was at the other end, only started catching up after Oracle bought it.
MySQL always sucked ass.
PostgreSQL went in a different direction, started with best support of the SQL standard, then optimized everything to make it fast.
Postgres has/had the best SQL standard support out of every server, open-source or not.
MySQL was at the other end, only started catching up after Oracle bought it.