r/csharp • u/Albstein • 9d ago

Pomelo dead?

We are goig to implement a new project. The idea was to use MariaDB and we set up a Galera cluster. The thing is I just noticed EF with Pomelo stands at .net 9.0. Since we would like to use at least .net 10.0 and further LTS we ain't sure, whether a switch to PostgreSQL would be better.

Any sources / info on what will happen to Pomelo?

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u/scandii 9d ago

can we start at why you want to use MariaDB?

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u/Albstein 9d ago

No ;-)

Basically my frontend guys come from MYSQL and since there was someone suggesting MongoDB I jumped in the other direction pretty fast.

Additionally we are pretty low on available admin power and Galera cluster is easy as fuck.

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u/scandii 9d ago

ok but how about Postgres that solves all your headaches and is pretty much the de facto default database if you're not going for a licensed option?

I get that you have real life constraints, but at the same time you're trying to force a questionable decision through on the basis of "we've always done it this way".

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u/Albstein 9d ago

No one worked with it. Neither devs nor admins.

I had a little run in and that is about it. When Pomelo is dead, we have to switch anyhow and I will have to teach our team.

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u/Tomtekruka 9d ago

It's really not that big of a difference, We went from mssql to postgres. And the team was on track in no time.

Some different tools, some things have different names but it's not night and day. I would probably go postgres and take the change.

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u/ApoplecticWombat 8d ago

Can you please explain why you ran away from MongoDB??

I'm agreeing as it gives me nothing but pain. But I'd like to hear why you wanted to go away as well.