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8 posts tagged with #sql

Jul 2, 2026, 10:335 min read#opinion

Nobody Reads the SQL Anymore

AI writing our queries is fine, and often better than fine. But reading skill was funded by writing, and now that the writing is gone, the reading is decaying while the volume of SQL entering our codebases goes up. Some thoughts on why SQL is the worst possible language for this to happen to.

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v0.13.0: Kubernetes Tunnels, a Quick Navigator, and MCP That Reaches Your Plugins

v0.13.0 adds first-class Kubernetes port-forward tunnels alongside SSH, a Cmd+P Quick Navigator for jumping to any table in any database, MCP access to plugin-driven connections, a closed multi-statement bypass in the MCP safety gates, Codex as an MCP install target, DML tabs in Generate SQL, a configurable display timezone, self-healing query history, and MySQL SSL modes that are actually honored.

v0.12.0: Per-Connection Appearance, Related Records, and a SQL Splitter We Own

v0.12.0 lets you paint each connection with its own accent color and icon, peek at the row behind any foreign key without leaving the grid, ship a first-party SQL splitter with per-driver dialects, make queries feel snappier, fix BIGINT precision on large IDs, align PostgreSQL TLS with libpq, add Russian, and clean up a long tail of editor and grid papercuts.

Notebooks: SQL Analysis, Reimagined

A look at what's coming: a full notebook environment inside Tabularis — SQL and markdown cells, inline charts, cell references, parameters, parallel execution, and AI assistance. Still in development, but the shape is clear.

Query Hacker News with SQL: a New Plugin for Tabularis

A Hacker News plugin for Tabularis that exposes the public HN API as a queryable SQL database — and serves as a real-world showcase for the new per-plugin settings system.

Talk to Your Database: AI Assistant Lands in v0.8.0

Sometimes you know what you want but not exactly how to write the SQL. v0.8.0 brings an AI assistant that generates queries from plain English — locally or in the cloud.

Schema Management Gets Serious

v0.5.0 turns the sidebar into a full schema editor. Create tables, modify columns, manage indexes and foreign keys — all without writing DDL by hand.

Point, Click, Query: The Visual Query Builder

Not every query needs to be typed from scratch. v0.4.0 ships a Visual Query Builder that lets you drag tables, draw JOINs, and generate SQL automatically.