SQL
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 30, 2025 by Rob Woollen · across every show →
Everything said about SQL, oldest first
Jun 30, 2025 negative
BI tools overfocus on technical users; most people shouldn't learn SQL
“The sort of business intelligence applications is they really focus on technical users. So if you could write SQL or Python, you could do whatever you want in them to give them a really powerful interface, but the vast majority of people, they're not going to …”
Nov 3, 2025 bullish
Nov 3, 2025 neutral
Framing AI agents as the future and apps as the past is mistaken
“It's very similar to what's happening right now with apps and agents. How do you bring apps and agents together as opposed to just talk about the future, which is agents, and the past, which is apps. You know, there was a time when SQL was being looked at in t…”