UUIDs are Bad for Performance in MySQL - Does Postgres Win? Let us Discuss

MySQL is clustered by default on the primary key which means inserts have to be ordered, let us discuss why UUID (random in nature) has bad performance in MySQL and whether postgres wins here. We will also explain why Sequential Writes are Faster than Random in MYSQL and     https://www.percona.com/blog/2019/11/22/uuids-are-popular-but-bad-for-performance-lets-discuss/

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Welcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own. Most of my content in the podcast is an audio version of videos I post on my youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/HusseinNasser-software-engineering Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hnasr 🧑‍🏫 Courses I Teach https://husseinnasser.com/courses