New Talking Postgres Podcast Ep33 about Postgres and VS Code with Rob Emanuele (talkingpostgres.com)

Episode 33 of Talking Postgres features Microsoft principal engineer Rob Emanuele discussing the new VS Code extension for PostgreSQL—“works with any Postgres, anywhere”—and how it reshapes developer workflows. The extension (about 261K downloads) brings database ops directly into the editor, supports rich interactions like spatio-temporal PostGIS queries used in the Microsoft Planetary Computer, and ties into modern AI tooling such as GitHub Copilot’s agent mode. Emanuele describes a shift toward “coding in English” with agentic assistants, but stresses that human-led code review is now more important than ever to decide what’s useful, bad, or dangerous in generated code. For the AI/ML community this episode is notable because it highlights practical intersections of LLM agents, developer UX, and data systems: embedding database access in editor agents accelerates prototyping for analytics and geospatial ML (PgSTAC, PostGIS, temporal queries), while raising reproducibility, safety, and correctness concerns that demand stricter review and guardrails. The conversation also touches on real-world developer experience—how improvisation, failure, and domain expertise inform tooling—and points to resources and community talks for deeper technical dive-ins on integrating Postgres, VS Code, and agentic coding workflows.