@parappanon @SuperDicq @wrongthink
MariaDB is less strict (it doesn't care if the value is an int or varchar for example), has less features (for example, you need to store booleans as integers, because MySQL doesn't have booleans), and is a little bit slower, but it's much easier to setup and maintain, SQL is more straightforward, doesn't come with weird bullshit (and if it does, it doesn't force you into using it), and at least from my experience it runs perfectly fine for many years.

For Postgres, simply invert all of the above.

Also, the main mascot for MySQL is a dolphin, Postgres is an elephant, and MariaDB is a seal.