Postgres vs. MySql Over Time in `Ask HN: Who Is Hiring?`

keyword appearance count for HN hiring threads

  period      postgres    mysql
  --------  ----------  -------
  2011-05            4       13
  2011-06            7       29
  2011-11            7       32
  2011-12           10       19
  2012-06           12       23
  2012-09            8       13
  2013-04           23       34
  2013-05           22       39
  2013-10           32       44
  2014-04           40       41
  2014-05           34       36
  2014-08           44       59
  2014-11           47       35
  2014-12           58       68
  2015-02           63       42
  2015-03           47       47
  2015-04           65       57
  2015-05           65       53
  2015-06           64       38
  2015-07           57       46

source: https://gist.github.com/cieplak/97ac11ece84e4528e1cf

6 comments

chatmasta11 anni fa

My anecdotal observation is that the popularity of MySQL was closely tied to that of PHP. When PHP faded, ruby and python became de facto web platforms of choice. More intro tutorials to those languages recommended Postgres than MySQL.

Also, from working with Postgres source in a databases class... it is just so much cleaner and simpler than MySQL. Makes sense why the ruby/python influencers would opt for postgres over mysql. It's just a better product.

_RPM11 anni fa

one reason not to use MySQL is that it is owned by Oracle

joshtronic11 anni fa

+1 for the source code!

smt8811 anni fa

If I'm not mistaken, the lack of mentions ~2011 will likely be due to the (thankfully dead) NoSQL craze.

brudgers11 anni fa

"MySQL" could be embedded in "LAMP" etc.

ms472011 anni fa

nice to see