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AI Steals Joy

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September 15, 2025 at 12:00 am

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Wingenious SSCommitted Points: 1661 More actions · Answer 1

If GenAI writes SQL code the way ORMs write SQL code then database developers have little to fear.

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David.Poole SSC Guru Points: 76217 More actions · Answer 2

An awful lot of the uses of AI feel like leaning a ladder on the branch of a tall tree, then climbing it to saw the branch nearest the trunk.

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Doctor Who 2 SSCrazy Eights Points: 8219 More actions · Answer 3

I completely agree with! I've got 5 meetings a day, on good days. I'd much rather GenAI attend those meetings for me, summarize them for me, give feedback for me if any is needed, and leave the coding to me.

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Coffee_&_SQL SSC Veteran Points: 267 More actions · Answer 4

David.Poole wrote:

An awful lot of the uses of AI feel like leaning a ladder on the branch of a tall tree, then climbing it to saw the branch nearest the trunk.

What an apt description! I'm going to borrow this!

Anyway, Management at a friend's company already paused hiring when two report dev's left because they are going to use "Agents" in Fabric.

I'm personally really annoyed that we have AI that can make music and art, but can't do the laundry. I'd be willing to pay a lot for a Laundry Ai.

skeleton567 SSCertifiable Points: 5907 More actions · Answer 5

After retiring the first time I was invited to return to my position, and part of the negotiation was limiting the number of meetings I would have to attend. That way I got to focus more on my work. It worked well for an additional three years. I like the thought of AI attending while developers keep working. Consider the idea of machine arguing with machine.

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Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125597 More actions · Answer 6

I'm a DBA, and I actually spend about 1/2 of my time refactoring SQL, coding PowerShell, and designing Grafana dashboards.

AI plays a role, but it's hardly taking over my job or taking all the fun out of it. In fact, thanks to AI, I'm taking on a broader range of tasks. It means less time researching viable options and sorting through Google results and more time coding (being productive).

Application team posts slack message to #ask-dba channel stating that application is consuming more CPU and has become less responsive after a recent deployment
Using Query Store, I identify top CPU consuming queries and notice that the execution plans have implicit data type conversion warnings due to improperly typed parameters.
I have a brief 1/2 hour meeting where I explain the situation, and developers request a report of all queries that need refactoring.
Using CoPilot, I ask for a T-SQL script that creates an Extended Event trace for capturing execution plans with implicit data type conversion operations.
I study the code and tweak it, adding or dropping fields.
I write a powershell script to deploy the XE trace on all dev and qa servers.
Using Grafana, I create dashboard allowing developers to select server name from dropdown list and view a summary report of all distinct queries that need to be refactored.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

David.Poole SSC Guru Points: 76217 More actions · Answer 7

So far, it isn't taking my job either because a lot of what I do is working out what people actually mean in their requirements spec and challenging the bits that don't make sense.

What I do is definitely not confrontational; it is collaboration that results in avenues of thought and possibilities that blindly following a spec would not present.

As an aide-memoir, I find GenAI incredibly useful.

The bit that makes me nervous is when people who aren't in the details make diktats on the way a tool for those of us at the detail coal face should use that tool.

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richard-674310 Say Hey Kid Points: 708 More actions · Answer 8

The scaled version of Steve's original idea has no human representation at that meeting because everyone has sent their AI Serf to 'summarize' the meeting.

Then they are no longer our serfs and have become our robot overlords.