Otto@programming.dev to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoStop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceoptimizedbyotto.comexternal-linkmessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down110cross-posted to: opensource@programming.devtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareScrollonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·29 days agoMySQL has been the “default” choice for a long time for PHP programmers. I don’t know why.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·29 days agoIt used to be free with less of a barrier to entry than postgres
minus-squareAndres@social.ridetrans.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days 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.
MySQL has been the “default” choice for a long time for PHP programmers. I don’t know why.
LAMP indeed
We need LAPP . Stat!
It used to be free with less of a barrier to entry than postgres
Tutorials mostly.
@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.