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> the second programming language everyone needs to know Do they though? I've been writing SQL for over twenty years, and my experience is that LLMs have been
by gcanyon 10mo ago
> the second programming language everyone needs to know
Do they though? I've been writing SQL for over twenty years, and my experience is that LLMs have been better at writing it than I am for at least most of 2025, for most use cases. I have zero doubt that I will only be writing SQL when I want to for fun no later than sometime 2027.
- gspr 10mo agoPeople who don't already know it still need to learn it if they wanna manage LLMs writing it. Anything else is reckless. So the original point stands.
- simlan 10mo agoAgreed with that. As with writing SQL by hand you have to be very specific with instructing an LLM. There are many ways to get to a solution in SQL all present different tradeoffs and corner cases. I found that people that don't understand SQL and the basic of a given schema produce garbage both by hand and with LLMs
- tete 10mo ago> I've been writing SQL for over twenty years, and my experience is that LLMs have been better at writing it than I am for at least most of 2025 Wow, bad career choices?
- gcanyon 10mo agoI wouldn't think so, knowing SQL has been a benefit, and knowing how to use LLMs to write SQL even more so.
- cjs_ac 10mo agoAn LLM can respond to any online discussion about <x> is a good approach for solving a particular class of problems with LLMs can do <x> better than a human better than you.