MariaDB forked from MySQL years ago. They are wire-compatible with one another, so a MySQL client can connect to a MariaDB server and a MariaDB client can connect to a MySQL server. You can use admin tools like MySQLWorkbench and phpmyadmin with both as well.
So unless you're using a feature that doesn't exist in the other one, you can swap between them relatively easily.
The same is true for products like Yugabyte, CockroachDB, and Postgres; they are all wire-compatible with one another. Easily swap out as long as you're not using an engine-specific feature even though they have very different performance envelopes.
Still don't see the point of the comment.
This article is specific to MySQL and PostgreSQL. I'm really sorry if not adding MariaDB as an option made you fell unconfortable or similar. That was not my intention at all.
I was trying to showcase the two closest engines.
Perhaps, you want me to cover MySQL or MariaDB in another article.
Just let me know.
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MariaDB forked from MySQL years ago. They are wire-compatible with one another, so a MySQL client can connect to a MariaDB server and a MariaDB client can connect to a MySQL server. You can use admin tools like MySQLWorkbench and phpmyadmin with both as well.
So unless you're using a feature that doesn't exist in the other one, you can swap between them relatively easily.
The same is true for products like Yugabyte, CockroachDB, and Postgres; they are all wire-compatible with one another. Easily swap out as long as you're not using an engine-specific feature even though they have very different performance envelopes.
Still don't see the point of the comment.
This article is specific to MySQL and PostgreSQL. I'm really sorry if not adding MariaDB as an option made you fell unconfortable or similar. That was not my intention at all.
I was trying to showcase the two closest engines.
Perhaps, you want me to cover MySQL or MariaDB in another article.
Just let me know.
Thanks for your comment.