Maybe you've read some of the [PHP hate] (http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/) that's out there. I used to write PHP and you know, it works, you can get things done. The same goes for MySQL. I kind of feel like in this day and age MySQL is the relational database analogue of the [lingering legacy of the PHP singularity] (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/the-php-singularity.html).
Basically, MySQL works and you can definitely use it to build and run successful applications. Facebook uses it. But the important point to consider is that Postgres ..... is better. It's more or less a fact. How and why? Well there are numerous articles out there for you to google up but [here's a screencast] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PoFIohBSM4) that gives you a reasonable breakdown, by example.
So just like I left PHP behind, now I've left MySQL behind. You could say I've mysqldumped it forever. Now, [WHO'S COMIN WITH ME?!] (http://www.youtube.com/wat