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In the Age of AI-Generated SQL, Why You Should Still Learn SQL—Reflections After 20 Years of Working with Data

It has been over 20 years since I started using SQL. Around 2001, to be exact. I have felt this way since back then, but SQL itself is not difficult. The syntax is simple, and there is not much to ...
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Text-to-SQL Fails in Practice: Designing a 'SQL-less' Data Decision-Making Infrastructure that Integrates Semantic Layers and LLMs

Why does the 'let LLMs write SQL directly (Text-to-SQL)' approach fail in production? With the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, attempts at 'Text-to-SQL'—automatically generating SQL ...