MySQL and Baijiu: The Internet’s Obedience Test
MySQL is to the internet what baijiu is to China: harsh, hard to swallow, yet worshipped because culture demands obedience. Both are loyalty tests—will you endure discomfort to fit in?
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MySQL vs. PostgreSQL @ 2025
A 2025 reality check on where PostgreSQL stands relative to MySQL across features, performance, quality, and ecosystem.
OpenHalo: MySQL Wire-Compatible PostgreSQL is Here!
What? PostgreSQL can now be accessed using MySQL clients? That’s right, openHalo, which was open-sourced on April Fool’s Day, provides exactly this capability and has now joined the Pigsty kernel family.
Solving Poker 24 with a Single SQL Query
An interesting but tricky puzzle: solving the 24 game with SQL. The PostgreSQL solution.
Can MySQL Still Catch Up with PostgreSQL?
Percona founder Peter Zaitsev discusses whether MySQL can still keep up with PostgreSQL. His views largely represent the MySQL communitys perspective.
MySQL is dead, Long live PostgreSQL!
This July, MySQL 9.0 was finally released—a full eight years after its last major version, 8.0 (@2016-09).
Can Oracle Still Save MySQL?
Percona founder Peter Zaitsev publicly expressed disappointment with MySQL and Oracle, criticizing the declining performance with newer versions.
Oracle Finally Killed MySQL
Peter Zaitsev, founder of Percona, criticizes how Oracles actions and inactions have killed MySQL. About 15 years after acquiring Sun and MySQL.
MySQL Performance Declining: Where is Sakila Going?
Higher MySQL versions mean worse performance? Percona monitoring shows slow migration from 5.7 to 8.x. PostgreSQL is pulling ahead.
How Can MySQL's Correctness Be This Garbage?
MySQL’s transaction ACID has flaws and doesn’t match documentation promises. This may lead to serious correctness issues - use with caution.