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I think MySQL smells like poor engineering, and PostgreSQL like good engineering. That’s why my gut says PostgreSQL is the better choice, for the myriad issues you won’t face. It’s like Python vs PHP, in some ways.

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And like PHP an extraordinary amount of good engineering has poured in after bad, resulting in a quite workable even good products with technical debt. I might also make the comparison to MS-DOS / Windows.

Not sure why this is downvoted.

With sufficient thrust pigs fly, but that doesn't mean you should totally ignore aerodynamics when making a plane.

> ...It’s like Python vs PHP, in some ways.

Uh, did you notice where this was posted? I don't exactly disagree, but it's kinda ironic to raise that point.

How is that ironic? Because HN was written in Arc, denigrating PHP is ironic? I don't get it.

Edit: Oh, because the article is on the PHP subreddit. To be honest I file PHP developers using MySQL under expected, not ironic.

> I think MySQL smells like poor engineering, and PostgreSQL like good engineering

> It’s like Python vs PHP, in some ways.

Not just the ordering of the characterization, which would paint PHP in the positive light you clearly think is undeserving. SMH

It seems far more likely that the GP was imprecise in their analogy's ordering, rather than slamming python and praising PHP.

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