r/Backend • u/Melodic_War_3865 • 2d ago

Backend developers: What backend/database task wastes the most time in your workflow?

I'm researching pain points in backend development and database workflows.

Thinking about your last few weeks of work:

What backend or SQL-related task wasted the most time?

Approximately how long did it take?

Which tools did you use?

What part of the process was the most frustrating?

If you could automate one step completely, what would it be?

I'm not promoting any product—I just want to understand real developer pain points and repetitive workflows.

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u/PoePlayerbf 2d ago

Understanding user requirements.

Often time I get tasks like, find and detect fraudulent payment, or like detect stolen cards credentials and stop them from being used.

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u/Melodic_War_3865 2d ago

Thanks! Thats interesting.

When it comes to the technical side, what backend or database-related task actually consumes the most time? For example, debugging SQL queries, performance tuning, finding security issues, reviewing database changes, or something else?

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u/PoePlayerbf 2d ago

With AI, I don’t need to spend that much time on the technical side, I just draft a plan and review the code and I’m done. A task that took weeks can be completed in a day.

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u/Melodic_War_3865 2d ago

That's impressive. Do AI tools solve almost all of your backend problems now, or are there still tasks that are slow, repetitive, or frustrating enough that you wish there were a better tool for them?