Who is asking?
There is no requirement to learn SQL for most of the applications built today.
> There is no requirement to learn SQL for most of the applications built today.
In the same way that because Linked List libraries were invented 50 years ago, there is no requirement to learn what linked lists are for most of the applications built today?
You aren't getting past the requirement to learn relational databases "because ORM", and there is no material or course that teaches relational databases without teaching SQL.
The unfortunate result of this is that people who boast about knowing $ORM while not knowing SQL have never learned relational databases either.
Of course there's a lot of incompetent people who have no idea what they're doing, if it seems to work they ship it. That leads to a lot of nonsensical bullshit and unnecessarily slow systems.
Weirdly, I was just thinking about using an LLM to form sql queries for me, because I've forgotten much of what I knew. First time I had that thought and 5 minutes later, this fascinating idea rolls into my feed to pull me in further. I know I'm not exactly the target audience, but now I'm intrigued.
I went through a coding/design bootcamp a while back and there was virtually no focus on SQL, so a lot of my classmates were hesitant to jump into relational dbs for projects. I could see it being used in a tool for new devs or those who've focused on a JS stack and need some help with SQL.
Or they could buy a book like Learning SQL. Or spend a weekend on Youtube.
