r/DatabaseAdministators

5k members
r/DatabaseAdministators is a subreddit with 5k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and opportunities, and the community frequently discusses database, oracle, dba, sql, and career, and they frequently recommend/review database.
A place for the professional Database Adminstrator to share news, ideas, and stories.

Popular Themes in r/DatabaseAdministators

#1
Advice Requests
: "Where does the DBA role sit?"
3 posts
#2
Opportunities
: "Hiring DBA 2 | WV Division of Natural Resources | Elkins, WV"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I’m looking for third-party GPT/Claude client applications that offer built-in PDF reading and document analysis capabilities, similar to what’s available on the official websites. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Tech sector is looking scary 😟 future??"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Building an EXPLAIN plan viewer that works across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite - looking for testers and feedback"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/DatabaseAdministators

#1

Database

: "What do people use for vector Databases nowadays, and which ones are the future trends?Pinecone,Weaviate ,Redis,Qdrant,Milvus,Chroma?"
169 posts
#2

Oracle

: "Will Oracle still survive in AI , Open source and NO SQL wave ?? Yes even though Open AI ended its plan it will like it did decades old."
96 posts
#3

Dba

: "Where does the Dba role sit?"
71 posts
#4

Sql

: "I am building Sql notebooks into an open source database client"
43 posts
#5

Career

26 posts
#6

Data

26 posts
#7

Performance

18 posts
#8

Cloud

17 posts
#9

Help

17 posts
#10

Postgres

16 posts

Products Discussed in r/DatabaseAdministators

Database

3 reviews
#1
MySQL
4.0 from 1 review
#2
SQL Server
4.0 from 1 review
#3
PostgreSQL
4.0 from 1 review

Member Growth in r/DatabaseAdministators

Yearly
+3k members(94.7%)

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Last updated: July 29, 2026