I like the fact that MySQL is so light on features that it forces you to put more of the burden on your application.
With richer RDBMSes like Oracle, MSSQL, and Postgres, people tend to throw too many responsibilities on the DB--which is not so good in the one part of the system that depends on global locks.
That, and the article is kind of a half-truth when it comes to the MySQL warts. A big one he missed is the utf8_unicode vs utf8mb4_unicode fiasco, which is still a thing to the best of my knowledge...
With richer RDBMSes like Oracle, MSSQL, and Postgres, people tend to throw too many responsibilities on the DB--which is not so good in the one part of the system that depends on global locks.
That, and the article is kind of a half-truth when it comes to the MySQL warts. A big one he missed is the utf8_unicode vs utf8mb4_unicode fiasco, which is still a thing to the best of my knowledge...