Because every single database vendor will try to lock down their users to their DBMS.

Oracle is a prime example of this. Stored procedures are the place to put all business logic according to Oracle documentation.

This caused backslash from escaping developers who then declared business logic should never be inside the database. To avoid vendor lock-in.

There's no ideal solution, just tradeoffs.

> Because every single database vendor will try to lock down their users to their DBMS.

I mean, that already happens. It's quite rare to see someone migrate from one database to another. Even if they stuck to pure SQL for everything, it's still a pretty daunting process as Postgres SQL and MSSQL won't be the same thing.

I migrated a database with some stored procedures from MSSQL Server to Oracle. Then lots of logic was added as stored procedures to the database. Then I migrated the same system to MySQL. Including the SP. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

> It's quite rare to see someone migrate from one database to another.

I'm not discounting the level of effort involved, but I think the reason you don't see this often is because it is rare that simply changing DBMS systems is beneficial in and of itself.

And even if it was frictionless (ie: if we had discovered ORM Samarkanda), the real choices are so limited that even if you did it regularly, you would soon run out of DBMSs to try.

It would obviously be beneficial to go from super expensive to free (Postgres). But no one does - why? Because sql is just a veneer over otherwise two completely different things.

I run DoubleCommander when I really need a file manager :)

We all should do our part to move to IPv6, the sooner, the better.

This is not about cost. It is about the fundamental nature of LLMs.

There are several human activities where allucinations can cost lives. We can't use LLMs for everything.

I have RGB keyboard, video card, and speakers.

Not by choice, they just came that way and it is unimportant enough that I don't see it as something positive or negative.

I set up everything to a single flat orange-amber hue. I plan to switch everything to a green hue during summer.

It certainly helps to set certain mood.

> For large edits, most selections will be out of the scroll window and not really helping.

I don't really care about that. Just for fun, and because I can, sometimes I edit huge SQL files using multiple cursors, meaning they are much bigger than just some KBs. Hundreds of cursors, all working at the same time, it is wonderful.

Well, here in BG it is hard to find French wine. There's plenty of Italian, Spanish, Chilean and Argentinian wine.

And also a healthy percent of local Bulgarian wine.

As far as my limited knowledge of linguistics goes, the technical term is actually "collocations."

To me, any discussion of this topic that doesn't mention collocations signals an amateurish approach.

I also disagree with the premise that "this was not possible before LLM." That's nonsense. Linguists created many dictionaries of collocations for different languages, so that work is precisely what they did!

(Before any LLM zealots attack me, yes, it is now possible to have a more exhaustive list of collocations thanks to LLMs. This doesn't contradict my point.)

Examples of collocation dictionaries:

https://www.freecollocation.com/

https://ozdic.com/.

AIUI, collocations are just "words that often go together". It doesn't signal any unconventional meaning to the construction, that would make it a proper idiom.

If that were the case, there would be no need for collocation dictionaries :)

Fair point — added a mention of collocations

Good. This means the market is healthy.

Hopefully this also means new providers appear in Europe, to handle the increase in demand.

Oh no. I both hate and love this at the same time.