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MySQL vs MongoDB vs Postgres: Which Database Wins in HN Job Posts?

MySQL vs MongoDB vs Postgres hiring demand on Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts. The database story, era by era, charted by share of postings since 2011, with real listings.

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Job postings

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How the lead changes hands

The database question unfolds in three acts in the hiring data: MySQL's early lead, the MongoDB-led NoSQL wave, and Postgres ending up on top as the default relational choice. The relative bands show the lead changing hands era by era - exactly the kind of trend a single snapshot hides. Read the sample postings to see which stacks each database travels with: PHP and Rails for MySQL, JavaScript for MongoDB, Python and Django for Postgres.

The real postings behind each

MySQL3,822 postings · peak Aug 2015
  1. Aurora Energy Research | Lead Senior Software Engineer | Oxford UK, Gurugram India | Full-time | Hybrid Onsite | https: auroraer.com We have openings for Software Engineers in Oxford and Gurugram. Our tech Stack is mainly Python, Typescript, MySQL. Details of the openings and…

  2. Farmgirl Flowers | https: farmgirlflowers.com | Remote (US or EU timezones) | Senior Software Engineer I’m the Director of Engineering at Farmgirl Flowers, an online flower shop with a loyal customer base. We're looking for a product-minded engineer who can own projects…

  3. Recharge | Engineering, DevOps | REMOTE | Full-time | https: getrecharge.com Recharge is an e-commerce and subscription management platform that powers the growth and retention strategies of more than 20,000 brands serving over 100 million subscribers. We're looking to expand…

MongoDB2,628 postings · peak Aug 2015
  1. SerpApi | https: serpapi.com | Junior-to-Senior Fullstack Engineer | Customer Success Engineer | Based in Austin, TX but remote-first structure | Full-time | ONSITE or FULLY REMOTE | $150K - 180K a year 1099 for US or local avg + 20% for outside the US SerpApi is the leading API…

  2. Altar.io | Remote in Portugal (Europe) - must live here or open to relocate | Mid + Senior Backend and fullstack | Fulltime | https: altar.io Hi, Pedro, lead recruiter from Altar.io here. We're a software house that wants its clients (early-stage startups, entrepreneurs) to…

  3. University of California, Davis | Davis, California, USA | Software Engineer, Product Manager, Site Reliability Engineer, Project Manager, Recruiter, Chemist, Biologist, Physicist, Machine Learning Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Scientist, Data Scientist, Data Analyst,…

Postgres6,303 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. RINSE | REMOTE or San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, New Jersey, Seattle, Austin, Toronto, or Washington DC | Software Engineer | Full-Time | Salary: $80k-$200k USD | https: www.rinse.com Rinse provides dry cleaning and laundry delivery services to…

  2. Phrasing.app | CTO | EU Remote I've spent the last 18 months iterating on Phrasing, a language learning app for polyglots. It's finally reached a stable point, and we're starting to get Daily Active Users. I've been using it every day for over a month now to learn over a dozen…

  3. Foxglove | Remote | Full Time or Contract | https: foxglove.dev Foxglove is the leading observability platform for robotics developers. We help robotics and autonomous vehicle companies log, ingest, organize, and visualize multimodal data. We're well funded (Series A, ~20…

Database demand, era by era: MySQL, the NoSQL wave, then Postgres on top.

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