Re: Uber moving towards MySQL
Michael Banck <[email protected]>
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| Organization | credativ GmbH |
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Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 28.07.2016, 06:24 -0700 schrieb Robert Bernier: > Folks, > > https://ayende.com/blog/175137/re-why-uber-engineering-switched-from-postgres-to-mysql > > This is getting serious; two popularized articles on hacker news now > slamming postgres. > > I've read and caught up on our mailthread regarding the technical > issues. > > Although no way near as knowledgeable as many of you regarding the > inner workings of MySQL, let alone postgres, I do however recognize > navel gazing when I see it. The first article starting this thread was > a convoluted justification of one's own religion. This second article > is pure commercial leveraging of a thread that's garnered a lot of > attention. > > It's time a response from the postgres community was forthcoming. Markus Winand wrote a pretty good (and leveled, in my opinion) analysis of Uber's choices and their trade-offs here: http://use-the-index-luke.com/blog/2016-07-29/on-ubers-choice-of-databases That hasn't been picked up by Hacker News yet though. Michael -- Michael Banck Projektleiter / Senior Berater Tel.: +49 2166 9901-171 Fax: +49 2166 9901-100 Email: [email protected] credativ GmbH, HRB Mönchengladbach 12080 USt-ID-Nummer: DE204566209 Trompeterallee 108, 41189 Mönchengladbach Geschäftsführung: Dr. Michael Meskes, Jörg Folz, Sascha Heuer -- Sent via pgsql-advocacy mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-advocacy