Let me start with a simple confession, and I hope it’s not too shocking for anyone; I’m old. When I was a teenager, a fantastically funny film was released called “Monty Python’s The Life of Brian”. While I recognize there is some controversy around the film, I would like to draw your attention to one, non-controversial, sketch, the discussion of Rome by the revolutionaries in the film:

“All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the freshwater system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?”

What does this have to do with AI you may be asking. Well, let me tell you.

Just a DBA

I’ve been working in IT for over 30 years now. A pretty healthy chunk of that was as a DBA. It’s been my focus and my passion. I love the job. But, let’s be clear. I’m just a DBA. I’m not a data analyst, data scientist, or a developer building new tools and mechanisms. I wouldn’t begin to know how to take, for example, Open.AI and plug it into my systems to make it start providing analysis of my own data. That’s just simply beyond me. Sorry, but there it is.

That means I can’t really use AI, right?

No.

Instead, I’m a consumer. There are AI systems out there that I can take advantage of. Those systems can do things to help me in my day-to-day work. I can take advantage of the tools to do things like:

• Build a backup script on a PostgreSQL database when I don’t know how
• Create sample data from freely available public information so that my tests more accurately reflect reality
• Learn how to do things within PostgreSQL that I don’t know how to do

And a whole lot more. In fact, all this is exactly what I’ll be covering in my session at PGConf.EU. I’ll get in to how to use the publicly available tools, traps to watch for, mechanisms to ensure better results, and simply more things to do.

Yes, in fact, AI is going to do a lot for me going forward. I hope you’ll join me in Athens, Greece on October 23, 2024. Come to my session and you’ll find out what AI can do for you and your PostgreSQL databases.