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Exploring Next — Ep 409 w/ Justy & Cody — Google tells database devs to lean hard on AI for PostgreSQL work
Google's VP of Databases says engineers should use AI coding tools heavily for PostgreSQL contributions, with individual accountability for the output. The Register's reporting surfaces a specific claim: open source codebases are better training data than proprietary systems, and isolated extension work is the sweet spot for AI-assisted development. Cody pokes at the accountability framing and whether the training advantage claim holds up. Justy asks who actually benefits and whether this changes anything day-to-day for teams working with Postgres.