Comment by blindluke

> what tradeoffs did companies > what made companies adopt it

Which companies are you referring to?

> Why did everyone leave PHP?

When did that happen? If everyone did "leave PHP", what will happen to all those websites:

https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php

> What made Postgres become popular?

It's good. People know about it. Other reasons.

Here's an article you may find interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-h...

> Does there exist a chart with maybe

A chart like this does not exist.