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Where Will Databases and DBAs Go in the AI Era?
·1595 words·8 mins
Who will be revolutionized first - OLTP or OLAP? Integration vs specialization, how to choose? Where will DBAs go in the AI era? Feng’s views from the HOW 2025 conference roundtable, organized and published.
Will DBAs Be Eliminated by Cloud?
·3607 words·17 mins
Two days ago, the ninth episode of Open Source Talks had the theme “Will DBAs Be Eliminated by Cloud?” As the host, I restrained myself from jumping into the debate throughout, so I’m writing this article to discuss this question: Will DBAs be eliminated by cloud?
Refuting "Why You Still Shouldn't Hire a DBA"
·2345 words·12 mins
Guo Degang has a comedy routine: “Say I tell a rocket scientist, your rocket is no good, the fuel is wrong. I think it should burn wood, better yet coal, and it has to be premium coal, not washed coal. If that scientist takes me seriously, he loses.”
Is DBA Still a Good Job?
·1544 words·8 mins
Ant Financial had a self-deprecating joke: besides regulation, only DBAs could bring down Alipay. Although DBA sounds like a profession with glorious history and dim prospects, who knows if it might become trendy again after a few terrifying major cloud database incidents?
Cloud RDS: From Database Drop to Exit
·921 words·5 mins
I recently witnessed a live cloud database drop-and-run incident. This article discusses how to handle accidentally deleted data when using PostgreSQL in production environments.