I know the defaults have been changed to be safe, but I will forever feel like my trust was broken with MySQL the day I learned how bad the defaults are. Not just inefficent/generic, but actually bad.
Additionally, I feel that postgresql is better engineered, more featureful, and has support for a much larger variety of use-cases (e.g. hstore, json, postgis, pg-routing, uuids, trigram indecies, &c). So between engineering perks, and the loss of trust, I only use MySQL in legacy applications that I cannot port.
Additionally, I feel that postgresql is better engineered, more featureful, and has support for a much larger variety of use-cases (e.g. hstore, json, postgis, pg-routing, uuids, trigram indecies, &c). So between engineering perks, and the loss of trust, I only use MySQL in legacy applications that I cannot port.