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oditogre
Nobody uses PostgreSQL?
DocSavage
Yeah, that really stood out. Seven out of 8 or 9 used MySQL.
aston
It's not so suprising. You don't really need the overhead PostgreSQL brings in for most web applications. You probably don't need the overhead of SQL Server, either.
dannyroa
Anybody remember the site that scans a web site and returns its technology profile (e.g. javascript libraries used, server, language, etc.)?
jemroc
builtwith.com
Zak
I'm not impressed. It thought a site running Hunchentoot behind mod-lisp was PHP-based.
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nickb
This sort of stuff is irrelevant. These sites are not successful because of the backend.
ptn
It's just curiosity.
joe
I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone's implying that these sites' success is due to their backends. However, backend choices do affect uptime, scalability, ease of development, ease of finding/fixing bugs, etc. So I would certainly take issue with your claim that "this sort of stuff is irrelevant".
lst
I'd be really interested in their exact definition of 'large'.