[skullone]

DBAs write software to do this too. You think DBAs are just clicking around in some gui? Hate to break it to you, but every field has done leaps and bounds over the decades too. SWEs can certainly "learn the trade" as a DBA can "learn to code" their own tooling as well, but you realize people specialize, there's fields of practice and domain experts. One of the greatest inventions is the division of labor and specialization.