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whoami4041

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    Comment #48575319

    I've been in the data engineering space for over a decade. As the workload for our team started to scale faster than our staff and context switching thrashed my focus, PRs took a b…

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    Comment #48430536

    Funny story to build on this. I spent a couple of days last week building a Powershell script for database refreshes (backups + restores). The process was iterative (typical), and …

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    Comment #48428816

    IMO we have been conditioned to believe that everything is "all or nothing" which is a mistake. AI-assistance provides undeniable leverage IF, and only if, you know what you want. …

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    Comment #48428224

    I actually hold both extremes inside of me simultaneously. The speed at which you can ship when you have a strong vision of the end product and the architecture is extraordinary (t…

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    Comment #47185285

    Shameless plug here for Lexega—a deterministic policy enforcement layer for SQL in CI/CD :) https://lexega.com There are bridges here that the industry has yet to figure out. There…

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    Comment #47183775

    I totally agree. However, none of them are infallible and never will be. They're nondeterministic by nature. There is an interesting psychological nuance that I've noticed even in …

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    Comment #47182835

    The key to my point is in the word "generating". Meaning human input/judgement by actually typing more SQL than the LLM produces. The model's reasoning and code generation pipeline…

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    Comment #47182812

    Very interesting work here, no doubt. It's a measured approach to using an LLM with SQL rather than trying to make it responsible for everything end-to-end.

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    Comment #47182484

    "LLMs are good at SQL" is quite the assertion. My experience with LLM generated SQL in OLTP and OLAP platforms has been a mixed bag. IMO analytics/SQL will always be a space that n…

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    Comment #47182168

    That's a pretty lofty valuation for a company that has yet to demonstrate code generation anywhere near Anthropic's models if they're leaning into the engineering angle.

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    Comment #47175214

    Playground is not mobile friendly. Lexega is a pre-execution analysis and policy enforcement engine for SQL in CI/CD and agent runtimes

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    Comment #47167162

    Lexega is a pre-execution analysis and policy enforcement engine for SQL in CI/CD and agent runtimes

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    Comment #47144327

    Looping back here - trial licenses can now be obtained instantly through the free trial form on the website with just an email. No outreach needed on your part. Here for support if…

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    Comment #47101582

    Would love to help out! Shoot me an email at trial@lexega.com for a 30-day free trial license.

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    Comment #47100916

    I appreciate that! It's a culmination of years of my own pain in the engineering space and a solution anticipating the flood of AI-generated SQL coming for our databases.

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    Comment #47096825

    Yeah, it's one of those things that is hard to catch unless you've been bit by it before and know to look for it. Analytics teams at scale are at a much higher risk of this sneakin…

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    Comment #47096778

    That's exactly the use case I built agent runtime mode for: AI agents generating SQL need a policy layer between intention and execution. The rules engine is designed to be extensi…

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    Comment #47096413

    Great question! sqlfluff catches real things like "= NULL" bugs, implicit cross joins, unused CTEs, and SELECT *. It's a genuinely useful code quality tool. The dialect coverage of…

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