An AI That You Should Be Using More

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Claude, Gemini, Codex, and similar are an important class of AI, but they are not the only class. There are other kinds of AIs, one of which is the query planner in every implementation of SQL. Understanding that an SQL query planner is really an AI and that this AI can write the equivalent of hundreds or thousands of lines of code in about a microsecond can help you to build better and more resilient products.