Otto@programming.dev to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoStop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceoptimizedbyotto.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1356cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1356external-linkStop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceoptimizedbyotto.comOtto@programming.dev to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square102linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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.
@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.