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Re:Select * from cloud by rubyist5eva on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:26PM (#33036942)
I feel my abilities as a developer really took off when I took the time to really learn SQL and take advantage of the features that my database offers. For example, learning to use window functions felt like that galaxy brain meme where you become one with the universe.

Being able to take 50 lines of ruby code (manual (anti-)joins and aggregates, result partitioning, etc...) and replace it with a couple lines of sql that is much faster and less buggy is a life changing experience.

The only other time I had such a dramatic shift in the way that I look at building applications is when I learned Scala (functional programming).

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Re:Select * from cloud by johnthescott on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:33PM (#33042079)
> replace it with a couple lines of sql that is much faster and less buggy is a life changing experience.

you have snatched the pea.

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Re:Select * from cloud by meken on Friday September 30, 2022 @08:10PM (#33042366)
I googled this expression but didn’t find anything. What does it mean?
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Re:Select * from cloud by yCombLinks on Saturday October 01, 2022 @12:22PM (#33047741)
Pretty sure it's a reference to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9selPW2lL-M
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Re:Select * from cloud by johnthescott on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:31PM (#33116777)
correct. sql moves the mind from pondering scalars to groking sets.
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