[lomase]

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]

Knowing 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]

So your big advantage is that nobody has lauched agentic tools for the end user yet?

[simonw]

Anyone 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]

I 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.

[simonw]

"Saying that anybody can learn to unblock a sink by watching youtube is your tipical HN mentality of stating opinons as facts."

I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that it's not true that anyone could learn to unblock a sink by watching YouTube videos?

[lomase]

Yes I do think not all people could fix it with Youtube. My grandma couldn't for example. I had a neigbor come for help with something like that too.

Is not that hard to understan mate. Maybe put my comment in the LLM so you can get it.

What is your point again?

[simonw]

Personally I'd like to hire a DB expert who also knows how to drive an agentic coding system to help them accelerate their work. AI tools, used correctly, act as an amplifier of existing knowledge and experience.

[lomase]

As far as I know nobody has really came up with proof that LLMs act as an amplifier of existing knoledge.

It does make people FEEL more productive.

[cdelsolar]

you can become a db expert with the right prompts

[lomase]

You 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.