PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey and Book Giveaways

📌 Summary 84% of Rails developers use PostgreSQL in production While PostgreSQL is less popular than Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server relational SQL databases today, the gap is narrowing Win a signed copy of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, see below for details and limitations The 2026 version of the Ruby on Rails Community Survey results are now live. Two things caught my eye, the use of PostgreSQL within the community and the associated learning resources, and the trends around the use of AI amongst Rails developers. I’ll focus on the first one in this short post. The survey has results from nearly 1800 developers. 84% of nearly 1800 surveyed Ruby on Rails developers use PostgreSQL in production Among relational SQL databases, 84% of respondents use PostgreSQL in production. That’s wild! The next one is MySQL at 23%. This reflects a multi-year trend in the Ruby on Rails community but also in the industry among commercial and open source relational SQL databases. According…