which database will you recommend if i was to build a Twitter like app
I love mysql very well and use it always on all projects
But for this i think PostgreSQL will be best
What do you think?
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Use prisma and then figure out what’s better for you.
If it’s a pet project then thinking about MySQL vs PostgreSQL is not worth it
Am using prisma
And it's not a pet project it's a market product
How many users is there?
Why i am asking example something like this
is possible in PostgreSQL but isn't possible in mysql
Very large looking at millions
Or close
The Infrastructure Behind Twitter: Scale
The Infrastructure Behind Twitter: Scale
Start here
You will need an entire engineering team to serve millions of clients
also it the project has million users without DB maybe its ok to not have db?
Its a complicated question and not one for a discord lol
but we'll entertain it
Databases are like cars where some fit your needs and some dont
having more than 1 in a complicated system like twitter is not uncommon or even wrong. Using that blogpost they use postgres,mysql and vertica