High-Performance SQL for JPA (ORM) Developers
Vlad Mihalcea
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Intermediate / SQL, performance-tuning, sql-query, DBMS/RDBMS
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SQL, performance-tuning, sql-query
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In the era of AI, what should developers study
In the era of AI, what should developers study
and which technologies should they choose?
AI writes all the code, so what should I study?
ORM, maybe we don't need to learn it anymore?
Do you have to become a full-stack developer to survive?
Is my career going to be okay like this?
Concerns that every developer has likely had at least once,
Java Champion Vlad Mihalcea answers!
Three stories shared in the interview
01
Career · Self-Branding
How can I grow and promote myself outside of the company?
We asked what it means for a developer to continue blogging and speaking activities even if the company does not recognize them.
We asked about these topics.
QShould I aim for and pursue titles like Java Champion?
QShould I continue blogging and giving presentations even if my company doesn't recognize it?
QHow should I handle the pressure to grow?
02
Learning Methods in the AI Era
In the era of AI, what should developers understand for themselves?
We asked about everything from how to use AI as a learning partner to the fundamental skills developers must master themselves and the role of an expert.
We asked about these topics.
QHow does Vlad use AI for studying?
QEven if AI writes the code, what are the fundamentals that one must learn directly?
QEven if AI helps in many areas, is a specialist still needed on the team?
QHow much does Vlad delegate to AI in practice?
03
Selecting a technology stack
Even in the AI era, should we continue to use this technology?
We asked about the criteria for choosing technologies, ranging from JPA and ORM to Java in the full-stack era.
We asked about these topics:
QJPA is said to be difficult; should I switch to Spring Data JDBC?
QSince AI can write SQL for us, should we continue to use ORM?
QIs there a reason to go with Java in the era of TypeScript full-stack?
You can find all these stories in the interview with Vlad!
We recommend this to the following people
Developers who are concerned about how much to trust and verify AI-generated answers
Developers who are
torn between learning multiple technologies or diving deep into one field
torn between learning multiple technologies or diving deep into one field
JVM developers wondering if ORM is no longer needed
when writing SQL with AI
when writing SQL with AI
Developers who are
wondering if blogging or speaking activities will help their careers
wondering if blogging or speaking activities will help their careers
The person who had this conversation
Java Champion·Hibernate ORM Contributor
Vlad Mihalcea
- Named a Java Champion by Oracle in 2017
- Major contributor to the Hibernate ORM project
- Participated in the JPA 2.1 Expert Group
- Author of 『High-Performance Java Persistence』
- Top 0.1% contributor on Stack Overflow
- Developer of Hypersistence Optimizer
If you want to study the technologies covered in the interview
further
You can learn about the internal workings of JPA and Hibernate, SQL performance, and Spring Persistence optimization in Vlad's course below.
High-Performance JPA & Hibernate
Covers how Hibernate works internally and where performance issues arise.
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High-Performance SQL for JPA Developers
Covers SQL writing techniques and performance improvement methods that JPA developers must know.
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High-Performance Spring Persistence
Covers various data access technologies used in Spring and performance verification methods.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Is this a hands-on lecture where we write code ourselves?
No. This is an interview where you will hear about Vlad's career and learning methods, how he uses AI for study and development, and his thoughts on Native SQL and ORM, without any hands-on coding exercises.
Q. Can I watch this even if I don't know JPA or Hibernate?
Yes. You can watch the content regarding career and learning methods even if you don't know JPA or Hibernate. The discussion on native SQL and ORM in the latter half will be easier to understand if you have experience using JDBC or ORM.
Q. How is this different from Vlad's other courses?
In Vlad's other courses, you learn SQL, JPA·Hibernate, and Spring Persistence in detail. In this video, you can hear about his journey to becoming a Java Champion, what developers need to understand for themselves in the AI era, native SQL and ORM, and his thoughts on the Java ecosystem.
I really enjoyed the interview; it was packed with insightful content. I found it very engaging as it focused well on "what developers should do in the AI era." To be honest, there are times when I feel a sense of dread, wondering if I should even continue studying development because of AI. However, the perspective that "verification and responsibility ultimately belong to humans" served as a great answer for me. I have one remaining question I'd like to ask. What is the position of the IDE in the AI era? These days, environments designed for agents rather than humans, like ADEs (Agent Development Environments) such as Orca, are emerging. Personally, I still believe that looking directly through an IDE (such as stepping through the flow with a debugger) is crucial for a human to understand the code. In a trend where tools are increasingly becoming agent-centric, I'm curious to know your thoughts on what will happen to the "IDE as a tool for human understanding."
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