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Decision BriefSimon WillisonWed, 29 Jul 2026 21:15:21 GMT2026-07-29

Quoting D. Richard Hipp

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What happened

<blockquote cite="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57nUGzo7CA&amp;t=848s"><p>Years ago, we didn’t have SQL. There were people whose job was to generate software that would query large data sets. Their job title was COBOL programmer.</p> <p>Then SQL comes along—I’m simplifying this only a little bit—

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