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Even If MySQL Became the Default Again

March 11, 2026

PostgreSQL's rise was driven by defaults, not deliberate selection. But reversing the defaults would not reverse the outcome. PostgreSQL has built two structural advantages that MySQL cannot easily replicate, and Oracle's recent refusal to change course suggests it has no intention of trying.

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning

March 10, 2026

PostgreSQL tuning advice tends to start and end with shared_buffers. That's table stakes. The real leverage for teams running PostgreSQL at scale is in vacuum tuning, query plan observability, and the performance improvements in PostgreSQL 17 that many teams haven't adopted yet.

PostgreSQL Isn't Winning Because It's Better

March 5, 2026

It's winning because it's become the default. And defaults have a power that technical superiority can't match.