The people who work on databases are (in my estimation) usually up there with those who work on operating systems, compilers, and video games. Most programmers

The people who work on databases are (in my estimation) usually up there with those who work on operating systems, compilers, and video games. Most programmers are simply not dealing with very interesting constraints in terms of latency, extensibility, throughput, storage, concurrency, or other challenging requirements, but database people are. Don't be irritated when they ask for better tools.