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I like SQL but the standard should have included ways to hint instead of the abstraction of "let me do it for you"
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The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser
Hussein Nasser · Tech & Science · English
Welcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own. Most of my content in the p
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