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Re:Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of ... by nchammas on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:56PM (#49016751)
I recently shared a similar rationale for why a custom query language can help users even in the age of LLMs.

https://nchammas.com/writing/custom-query-language-design#wh...

Users can't "own" queries they don't understand. An LLM helping a user avoid annoying syntax errors is very useful; but helping a user write a query they ultimately cannot understand is fraught with the problems you describe.

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Re:Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of ... by efromvt on Thursday July 23, 2026 @06:57AM (#49019578)
This was a very enjoyable read! Constraining the language surface is helpful, but the lost expressiveness can bite unless you’re in a constrained domain - which this seems like it was!
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