About whether GPT prompts can replace SQL analysts and software developers.
Has this happened?
Yes 65 (49%)Not sure 24 (18%)No 43 (33%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether GPT prompts can replace SQL analysts and software developers.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
When I was new, I saw one of my more experienced colleagues ask a few questions that together saved the company more than $1 mil each year. ChatGPT might be a threat to automate some low-level tasks or help eliminate bugs, but it is nowhere near ready to evaluate the context of a system, understand its history, or think* through the consequences of a major business decision.
* or think at all, in any meaningful way.