[–] inklesspen 18y ago ↗ This is insane. Why do people use MySQL, again? [–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, it can get crazy sometimes, but I think it's fun still. What would you suggest that is better? [–] inklesspen 18y ago ↗ PostgreSQL. There's actually a couple of good MySQL v. PostgreSQL threads on News.YC today; check them out. [–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, I've heard a lot of great things about PostgreSQL. I'll check those out. Thanks. [–] goofygrin 18y ago ↗ Likely because it's installed on 99.9% of all web hosts and almost every LAMP software uses it. [–] neilc 18y ago ↗ Why is this "insane"? Or do you just mean the usage of MySQL in general, not the behavior described by the article?
[–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, it can get crazy sometimes, but I think it's fun still. What would you suggest that is better? [–] inklesspen 18y ago ↗ PostgreSQL. There's actually a couple of good MySQL v. PostgreSQL threads on News.YC today; check them out. [–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, I've heard a lot of great things about PostgreSQL. I'll check those out. Thanks.
[–] inklesspen 18y ago ↗ PostgreSQL. There's actually a couple of good MySQL v. PostgreSQL threads on News.YC today; check them out. [–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, I've heard a lot of great things about PostgreSQL. I'll check those out. Thanks.
[–] pyroman 18y ago ↗ Yeah, I've heard a lot of great things about PostgreSQL. I'll check those out. Thanks.
[–] goofygrin 18y ago ↗ Likely because it's installed on 99.9% of all web hosts and almost every LAMP software uses it.
[–] neilc 18y ago ↗ Why is this "insane"? Or do you just mean the usage of MySQL in general, not the behavior described by the article?
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