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I am surprised how low postgres ranks in those trends. I guess I have been in an echo chamber for too long, because my perception was that it was much more pervasive.
I've not seen any company which using a RDBMS, that isn't on PG for the last 5 years, and I'm freelance and bounce around a lot.. Other kinds of DBs it's all over the shop, but yeah, PG seems very dominant here...
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mysql is also trending down
Don't understand why it's taking this long since we have had a far superior free software alternative for many many years now...postgres
Depends on your use case. PostgreSQL is better if you actually USE any of its more advanced features (e.g. PL/pgSQL, JSON support, etc). But if your data model is simple and your need for scale is high, then MySQL is FAR easier to cluster and scale. Especially if you're working with Percona or another MySQL variant.
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Simpler, more flexible data model along with speed / storage efficiency (you’re not updating many indexes so writes are much simpler). Your transaction layer data model should be as flat as possible; enrich with relational data in your analytics systems and data warehouses to optimize query speed.
Beware however that this flexibility and initial ease is more often than not a slippery slope into chaos. This article put it really well in my opionion: There are no schemaless databases, just the ones with an explicit schema and the ones with their schema defined in a couple hundred places in code. One of them is slightly easier to start out with, the other to evolve, maintain and communicate (double serving as sel…
> schema defined in a couple hundred places in code
Blame the developer who spread data specs in many places, not the database.
The application should have a single interface to interact with the database, hiding the implementation. All data specs should do in a single place, inside this interface.
Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation
#204> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…
Comparing MariaDB and MySQL on Google trends is not very meaningful. There are so many people who search for MySQL docs/tutorials when they are actually running MariaDB. Lots of PHP/WordPress developers thinking they are working with MySQL and the sysadmin has really given them MariaDB.
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Wow. I've spent a lifetime vaguely hating MySQL because I'm bothered by computer software that projects first-person pronouns onto users (Microsoft Windows "My Computer" — um, no, Windows, you're not me, if you're addressing me, it's "Your Computer"). I'm going to be spending a long while contemplating this. My. That's so sweet.
You misunderstand - the computer belongs to Windows.
Didn't they change this though?
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mysql is also trending down
Don't understand why it's taking this long since we have had a far superior free software alternative for many many years now...postgres
Last I checked PostgreSQL still didn't do clustering as well as MariaDB. But sure, it is better with JSON data.
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#207huh? What kind of return on investment can one expect from a database engine stock(??) Why would anyone buy it?
MongoDB IPO'd for ~$30/share. They peaked in November at $590, and are currently at $409. If you invested you would have made a nice chunk of change. MongoDB does have a hosting service though which could be driving a decent chunk of revenue.
Since they are no longer using a FOSS license their cloud offering is unique, if you want Mongo because it's not cloud lock-in like DynamoDB and don't wanna run the system yourself? Pay Mongo
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#208> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…
I like that MariaDB exists, but is there anything it does that either PostgresQL or SQLite don't do or do better?
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#209The creator of MySQL named it after his daughter, "My". After it was forked, the fork was named after his other daughter, "Maria". He has three children, so we've got one more go at this with a MaxDB if needed. edit: I was wrong -- He already used MaxDB previously. We're out of names.
Don't forget cousin Postgres.
I don't want call Cockroach second cousin.
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Wow. I've spent a lifetime vaguely hating MySQL because I'm bothered by computer software that projects first-person pronouns onto users (Microsoft Windows "My Computer" — um, no, Windows, you're not me, if you're addressing me, it's "Your Computer"). I'm going to be spending a long while contemplating this. My. That's so sweet.
You misunderstand - the computer belongs to Windows.
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