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		yarg on Jan 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQL should be the default choice for data transfor... SQL is a language that dates from a time before modern development tooling was even conceived of. Code completion is impossible when selecting a.foo from fuck knows where. I don't even think it'd be that hard to support a more modern syntax form, it would primarily be a reordering, so it would be easily transpilable.

eastbound on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

> Code completion is impossible when selecting a.foo from fuck knows where.

IntelliJ does it perfectly. As many joins and CTEs as you want, IntelliJ will suggest all columns available.

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