Luca Botti wrote:Does the paradigm shift the responsibility from shared (Dev: I need field X on table Y - DBA:mmm let me think about it...done) to a Dev only capability to manage it all (often in a lone cubicle)?
I have worked in both situations
1. Mange only web application, leave database for DBA and server for Unix admin
2. Mange web application, manage database, manage Server
I am more comfortable at 2nd situation. It gives me more power, more responsibility, more opportunity to learn different things.
So IMO, no developer should complain about the "paradigm shift".