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If optimizing a Postgress SQL server cost 11.25 cents and everybody can do it because AI how much are you going to bill your customer? .20 cents? If that is tr
by lomase 1y ago
If optimizing a Postgress SQL server cost 11.25 cents and everybody can do it because AI how much are you going to bill your customer? .20 cents?
If that is true in some months there will be no dba jobs.
Funny that at the same time SQL is one of the most requested languages in job postings.
- simonw 1y agoKnowing what "optimizing a PostgreSQL server's configuration" even means continues to be high value technical knowledge. Knowing how to "run an agentic loop to optimize the config file" is meaningless techno-jabber to 99.99% of the world's population. I am entirely unconcerned for my future career prospects.
- lomase 1y agoSo your big advantage is that nobody has lauched agentic tools for the end user yet?
- simonw 1y agoAnyone can learn to unblock a sink by watching YouTube videos these days, and yet most people still hire a professional to do it for them. I don't think end users want to "optimize their PostgreSQL servers" even if they DID know that's a thing they can do. They want to hire experts who know how to make "that tech stuff" work.
- lomase 1y agoI agree that people like to hire profesionals. That is why I hire db experts to work on our infra, not prompt engenieers. Saying that anybody can learn to unblock a sink by watching youtube is your tipical HN mentality of stating opinons as facts.
- cdelsolar 1y agoyou can become a db expert with the right prompts
- lomase 1y agoYou can learn how to pour a drink in 1 minute, that is why most bartenders earn minimum wage. You can't become a db expert with a promt. I hope you make a lot of money with your lies and good luck.
- simonw 1y agoYou can become a DB expert by reading books, forums and practicing hard. These days you can replace those books and forums with a top tier LLM, but you still need to put in the practice yourself. Even with AI assistance that's still a lot of work.
- lomase 1y agoYou could not replace good books with Intenert and you can't replace good books with a any LLM. You can replace books with your own time and research. Again making statements that are just not true. Typical HN behavior.
- simonw 1y agoI don't appreciate how you accuse me of "making statements that are just not true" without providing a solid argument (as opposed to your own opinion) as to why what I'm saying isn't true.
- lomase 1y agoYou stated that an LLM can replace a book. As far as I know in the field of logic the one making a statement, in this case you, is the one who has to prove it. But in this case you make a statemen and then ask ME to prove it wrong? Makes zero fucking sense. As much as you don't apreciate it, that is how debate and logic works.