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@shekkiesqueaks

(but seriously, that thing CobaltVelvet said, "at home" isn't where SQL gets heavily used unless you're doing admin/dev stuff at home)

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@sydneyfalk @shekkiesqueaks@computerfairi.es oh i missed the "at home" part

yea there's not a real reason you need to know it super deeply, there's plenty of other ways to build database things without knowing sql (see: mastodon)

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@vahnj @shekkiesqueaks

well, I mean -- some people WORK from home, or have servers at their house that do stuff and knowing how to do actual SQL is useful for them

but for most people it's like

if you don't know why you'd be using SQL at home, you basically aren't going to be the person who needs to

(I mean, I'm trying to build stupidly complicated robots and shit, I've been arguing about features of different SQL implementations internally, but most people aren't)

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