> Coming to MySQL was like stepping into a parallel universe, where there were lots of people genuinely believing that MySQL was a state-of-the-art product.

> (it seems most MySQL users and developers don't really use other databases)

> But perhaps consider taking a look at the other side of that fence at some point, past the “OMG vacuum” memes.

> Monty and his merry men left because they were unhappy about the new governance, not because they suddenly woke up one day and realized what a royal mess they had created in the code.

> I am genuinely proud of the work I have been doing, and MySQL 8.0 (with its ever-increasing minor version number) is a much better product than 5.7 was

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There’s definitely a lot of “our users are sheep” and “everyone else is dumb” going on in this post.

Heck, it may even be true. But you can’t really argue that hybrid author isn’t saying it.