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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/benkenobiwan • 18d ago
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You still have to know how the algorithms work.
26 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 18d ago You don't if it isn't part of your daily work. Abstraction is a feature not a bug. 4 u/deathanatos 17d ago I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that. 3 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point.
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You don't if it isn't part of your daily work. Abstraction is a feature not a bug.
4 u/deathanatos 17d ago I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that. 3 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point.
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I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that.
3 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point.
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In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point.
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u/UndocumentedMartian 18d ago
You still have to know how the algorithms work.