I'd say that's the reason it's a job at all, at any but the largest companies. 9...

lmm on July 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Postgres Job Queues and Failure by MVCC

I'd say that's the reason it's a job at all, at any but the largest companies. 90% of a DBA's time is spent preventing or solving problems that wouldn't be there if every developer had a level of basic competence with their DB.