> 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.

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cjs_ac 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

An 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.

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gspr 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

People 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 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed 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

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tete 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> 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 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I wouldn't think so, knowing SQL has been a benefit, and knowing how to use LLMs to write SQL even more so.