Microsoft SQL Server
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“Now I can throw a T-SQL script at it in a few seconds to make it behave.”
“All of the following products and services are fantastic in 2026:”
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“Indexed views are much faster than trying to achieve the same result with triggers.”
“we've been using a fairly basic mssql box for years in a organisation of about 300 and it humms along nicely”
“Both of my SQL providers (MSSQL and SQLite) are first party as well.”
Caveats and dissent
“I'm embarrassed that I worked on projects now that were paying huge sums for licenses when .NET works so absolutely well with every other DB.”
“all these great tools that make MS SQL convenient are more like band-aids to a mediocre experience”
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“people opt for Windows Server or SQL Server or Oracle DB, or other software like that - if you have a good reason to use them, sure, go ahead, but that shouldn’t be your default”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Looking Ahead to Postgres 19 2 mentions
- Twelve years of distributed SQLite 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Performance Improvements in .NET 11 1 mention
- Ask: Why does everything Microsoft create lately feel fragile and half-baked? 1 mention
- Show HN: I implemented a neural network in SQL 1 mention
Also written as Microsoft SQL Server. Data: microsoft-sql-server.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“Now I can throw a T-SQL script at it in a few seconds to make it behave.”
“Tech stack: Java / Spring Boot, React / Next.js, Azure (Service Bus, Kubernetes), SQL Server.”
“I'm embarrassed that I worked on projects now that were paying huge sums for licenses when .NET works so absolutely well with every other DB.”
“All of the following products and services are fantastic in 2026:”
“I used ML algorithms in SQL Server many years ago around 2005 I think.”
“all these great tools that make MS SQL convenient are more like band-aids to a mediocre experience”
“Indexed views are much faster than trying to achieve the same result with triggers.”
“we've been using a fairly basic mssql box for years in a organisation of about 300 and it humms along nicely”
“We used SQL Server and collected a pay cheque”
“Both of my SQL providers (MSSQL and SQLite) are first party as well.”
“people opt for Windows Server or SQL Server or Oracle DB, or other software like that - if you have a good reason to use them, sure, go ahead, but that shouldn’t be your default”