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# Do Not Pass This Way Again
+!!! warning
+ I wrote this article in 2013, in what amounts to a fit of pique, and never
+ revisited it. Much of this information is outdated, and you rely on it at
+ your own risk. I restored it at the request of [a reader](https://github.com/grimoire-ca/bliki/pull/2).
+
+ The tone and structure of this article also reflects an angrier and much
+ less understanding person than the one I try to be today. Don't let my
+ anger be your cudgel.
+
Considering MySQL? Use something else. Already on MySQL? Migrate. For every
successful project built on MySQL, you could uncover a history of time wasted
mitigating MySQL's inadequacies, masked by a hard-won, but meaningless, sense