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Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL

eng.uber.com · first added by @afreshcup · 2026-09-30 · 1 upvotes

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* Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL

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* Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL (2016)

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* Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL (2016)

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* http://blog.2ndquadrant.com/thoughts-on-ubers-list-of-postgres-limitations/

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* http://thebuild.com/presentations/uber-perconalive-2017.pdf

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* Re: Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL

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* Why I Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL/MariaDB

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* Percona Documentation

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