Episode 10 of The Programming Languages Podcast with Fexingo explores the surprising resurgence of SQL in 2026. Lucas and Luna dive into why SQL—often dismissed as a legacy language—is now being embraced by data engineers, ML practitioners, and even frontend developers. They discuss the rise of DuckDB, the adoption of SQL-based transformations in tools like dbt, and how new SQL extensions for vector search and ML inference are making the language relevant again. The episode also covers the shift toward declarative data pipelines and why modern databases like PostgreSQL and MotherDuck are driving SQL's revival. If you've ever wondered whether SQL is worth learning in the age of Python and Rust, this episode gives you a concrete, numbers-driven answer.

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