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Re:Show HN: SnapQL – Desktop app to query Postgres with AI (... by AdieuToLogic on Friday June 20, 2025 @09:01PM (#44333601)
> Mostly because you don’t know if it’s correct unless you know SQL. It’s entirely too easy to get results that look correct but aren’t ...

This is the fundamental problem when attempting to use "GenAI" to make program code, SQL or otherwise. All one would have to do is substitute SQL with language/library of choice above and it would be just as applicable.

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Re:Show HN: SnapQL – Desktop app to query Postgres with AI (... by sgarland on Friday June 20, 2025 @10:17PM (#44333943)
Fully agree, I just harp on SQL because a. It’s my niche b. It always seems to be a “you can know this, but it doesn’t really matter” thing even for people who regularly interact with RDBMS, and it drives me bonkers.
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