The SO Developer Survey for 2022 is out. Some things that struck me as odd:

I just can’t believe that people hate MATLAB. I love it. Similarly I was surprised to find out that R and PHP are dreaded languages. I actually like them. For me, Java would be a dreaded language.

Next thing that took my attention was this:

I hate Docker. It is so buggy. And difficult to use. But there is no alternative so I use it.

I have never used PostgreSQL but interesting to see its the most loved DB

Among professional developers, MySQL and Postgres are actually tied in terms of usage:

Another oddity: Oracle is one of the most dreaded databases per SO developer survey with 2 people voting it down for every thumbs up (2:1 ratio of dreaded:loved). However its the #1 database on db-engines.com rankings:

I think it just goes onto showing that the rankings can often be misleading and should be taken with a grain of salt.