Benchmark

I recently compared MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL using the real mpazari.com application. The goal was not to produce a synthetic database benchmark. I wanted to answer a more practical question: does MariaDB really have an advantage when an application sends many simple queries? This question came up after reading an argument that PostgreSQL is obviously faster than MySQL, but that MariaDB should be faster for applications with many simple queries, while PostgreSQL is probably better for complex joins. The suggestion was that a MariaDB versus PostgreSQL comparison would be more interesting than a PostgreSQL versus MySQL comparison. ...

Introduction Today I’m excited to announce the addition of Bun to our microservice framework benchmark suite. The results are nothing short of remarkable . Bun has proven to be one of the fastest runtimes in our entire test suite, competing directly with Rust frameworks! What is Bun? Bun is a modern JavaScript runtime built from scratch using Zig and JavaScriptCore (the engine that powers Safari). It’s designed to be a drop-in replacement for Node.js with a focus on: ...

Introduction Test results for this benchmark run → Over the last two days, I’ve expanded our microservice framework benchmark suite to include two new contenders: Golang and Express.js. This addition allows us to compare performance across a broader spectrum of technologies, from compiled languages like Rust and Go to JVM-based frameworks and Node.js. New Additions Golang (Go 1.24.10) Go was added using the standard library only - no external frameworks. The implementation uses net/http package which is known for its excellent performance and simplicity. ...