<story><title>“Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]</title><url>https://tech.zalando.com/blog/watch-fashion-is-hard-postgresql-is-easy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lmm</author><text>As someone who&amp;#x27;s used to MySQL, I keep trying to use PostgreSQL (better standards compliance, better behaviour in the face of bad data) - and I keep going back. The psql interface is awkward (too many magic backslash commands to memorize instead of SHOW CREATE TABLE) and always feels slightly laggy somehow.</text></item><item><author>tempodox</author><text>That title is really great, and also rings true.  And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with.  I can only recommend it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ibotty</author><text>You are the first person I read saying they like the mysql cli. Ctrl-c kills the whole shell. great, but not what I expect. Want to fix a small typo in your big query? In psql you can just edit your last command in your $EDITOR. Useful (but not perfect) autocomplete is also not in mysql.</text></comment>
<story><title>“Fashion Is Hard. PostgreSQL Is Easy” [video]</title><url>https://tech.zalando.com/blog/watch-fashion-is-hard-postgresql-is-easy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lmm</author><text>As someone who&amp;#x27;s used to MySQL, I keep trying to use PostgreSQL (better standards compliance, better behaviour in the face of bad data) - and I keep going back. The psql interface is awkward (too many magic backslash commands to memorize instead of SHOW CREATE TABLE) and always feels slightly laggy somehow.</text></item><item><author>tempodox</author><text>That title is really great, and also rings true.  And of all open-source SQL DBs, PostgreSQL is superbly executed and a breeze to work with.  I can only recommend it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>keithy</author><text>The backslash commands are way better than having to type out SHOW TABLES; or SHOW DATABASES;, or CONNECT DATABASE X. All I have to do is \dt or \c x. It&amp;#x27;s so much better. Can&amp;#x27;t remember them? Just do \?.</text></comment>