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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 20h

We took Canada’s Spatial Access Measures dataset (big, clunky CSVs) → turned it into a single GeoParquet file.

Add DuckDB-WASM + deck.gl & you get
- instant queries
- smooth maps
- no backend

Public data, but actually usable.
developmentseed.org/blog/2025-10...

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Tobias Müller @tobilg.com · 12d

I just launched github.com/tobilg/sql-w...

It's a tiny (<10kb gzipped) wrapper around @duckdb.org WASM that can run queries interactively, and be embedded in plain HTML websites, as well as all other mayor frontend frameworks...

It's an early version, feedback warmly appreciated!

GitHub - tobilg/sql-workbench-embedded: Lightweight JavaScript library that transforms static SQL code blocks into interactive, browser-based SQL execution environments using DuckDB WASM

Lightweight JavaScript library that transforms static SQL code blocks into interactive, browser-based SQL execution environments using DuckDB WASM - tobilg/sql-workbench-embedded

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 15d

📣 New blog post by @dtenwolde.bsky.social.

🕸️ In this post, we show how to use DuckDB and the DuckPGQ community extension to analyze financial data for fraudulent patterns with the SQL/PGQ graph syntax that's part of SQL:2023.

📖 Visit duckdb.org/2025/10/22/d... to read the post.

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 13d

In a new guest blog post, Mark Harrison (Madhive) presents Frozen DuckLakes. These are read-only DuckLakes that only require object storage and are frozen in time. He shows a process for creating and freezing DuckLakes, and demonstrates their use and performance.

📖 ducklake.select/2025/10/24/f...

An iPhone 17 Pro in a MAGEASY case, held afloat by DuckLake floating keychains, querying a remote DuckLake in the online Wasm shell. Do not try this at home.

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Tobias Müller @tobilg.com · Oct 6

Created a DNS extension for @duckdb.org today:

github.com/tobilg/duckd...

Hopefully it will be available via the Community Extensions soon!

GitHub - tobilg/duckdb-dns: DNS (Reverse) Lookup Extension for DuckDB

DNS (Reverse) Lookup Extension for DuckDB. Contribute to tobilg/duckdb-dns development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · Oct 7

Should be live, in duckdb v1.4.0:
```
INSTALL dns FROM community;
LOAD dns;
CREATE TABLE websites AS WITH websites(endpoint) AS (VALUES ('google.com'), ('duckdb.org'), ('community-extensions.duckdb.org')) FROM websites;
SELECT dns_lookup(endpoint) FROM websites;
```
duckdb.org/community_ex...

dns

DuckDB Community Extensions The DNS Extension enables DNS lookups and reverse DNS lookups from within DuckDB

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Roland Bouman @rolandbouman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Huey 1.0.10 is now released:
github.com/rpbouman/hue...
demo:
rpbouman.github.io/huey/src/ind...

- DuckDB version upgrade (1.4.0)
- Support for translation files. Currently supported: English, Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese (thanks @nosklo!)
- bugfixes and UI improvements

Release Huey version 1.0.10 - Grimao Ermaôs · rpbouman/huey

What's Changed Ensure the lists have a min-height that matches their size attribute. by @rpbouman in #580 Fix #584 by @rpbouman in #585 Fix #587 by @rpbouman in #589 Fix #590 by @rpbouman in #591 ...

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qxip @qxip.bsky.social · Sep 17

Had a blast speaking about query.farm at the #DuckDB Amsterdam Meetup #3 where I had time to spend some time with my heroes @carlo.piovesan.io @samansmink.bsky.social @szarnyasg.org Tania Bogatsch and so many more awesome people! Thank You @duckdb.org for giving space to the community! #opensource

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · Sep 3

There is also the "Science in DuckDB" section: duckdb.org/why_duckdb.h... and the follow up on "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants"

Why DuckDB

Why DuckDB There are many database management systems (DBMS) out there. But there is no one-size-fits all database system. All take different trade-offs to better adjust to specific use cases. DuckDB ...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · Sep 2

We just launched the “DuckDB in Science” site, a curated collection of papers, lectures and podcasts about DuckDB in research: duckdb.org/science/

🎡 If you would like to learn more about DuckDB in Science, consider joining our meetup in London this Thursday: www.meetup.com/duckdb/event...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · Aug 18

🎓 On September 4, we are hosting a new kind of meetup in London which will focus on the use of DuckDB in Science and Education!

⚡️ We still have some spots for lightning talks. If you're working with DuckDB in your research and/or classroom, consider sharing your story!

🔗 duckdb.org/events/2025/...

DuckDB Meetup on Science and Education in London

DuckDB is an in-process SQL database management system focused on analytical query processing. It is designed to be easy to install and easy to use. DuckDB has no external dependencies. DuckDB has bin...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · Aug 8

We just published a deep dive on spatial joins in DuckDB by @maxxen.bsky.social.

In this blog post, Max explains how spatial joins evolved in DuckDB and how the current operator harnesses R-Trees.

Read the full post at duckdb.org/2025/08/08/s...

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · Jul 26

Is anyone aware whether it’s possible to set CORS policies on the R2 (@cloudflare.social) Iceberg REST catalog?

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Andy Wheeler @crimede-coder.bsky.social · Jun 29

Weekend project, using R2 + DuckDB wasm to build a low price frontend for big data analytics crimede-coder.com/graphs/GSUBo...

GSU Book Prices

GSU Book Prices Tables

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · Jun 24

Quack!!

Mathias Lafeldt @mathias.blog · Jun 17

Beyond excited to share that I'm now working with DuckDB Labs!

My first priority will be the DuckDB Rust client, which will receive a lot more love going forward.

🎉 🦆 ❤️

Mathias Lafeldt @mathias.blog · Jun 3

Signing a new freelance contract is always exciting. Being able to work on open source makes it doubly so.

Will share more soon. 😊

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Mathias Lafeldt @mathias.blog · Jun 17

Beyond excited to share that I'm now working with DuckDB Labs!

My first priority will be the DuckDB Rust client, which will receive a lot more love going forward.

🎉 🦆 ❤️

Mathias Lafeldt @mathias.blog · Jun 3

Signing a new freelance contract is always exciting. Being able to work on open source makes it doubly so.

Will share more soon. 😊

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__Alex Monahan__ @a13x.bsky.social · Jun 3

My #PyConUS talk is up! Tame data science file zoos with @duckdb.org!
Read files of many shapes from any cloud, including your messiest CSVs. Then, organize all of your input tables, output tables, views, and relationships in one DuckDB file. No final_v3.csv!
youtu.be/Yq-hxgysWLQ?...

Taming file zoos: Data science with DuckDB database files - Alex Monahan

YouTube video by PyCon US

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Jordan Tigani @jrdntgn.bsky.social · May 28

Yesterday DuckDB Labs announced DuckLake, a new Open data and catalog format. Here is a bit about why it is so awesome, how it solves some key problems with existing technologies, and why we're excited to host it in the cloud at MotherDuck.

MotherDuck @motherduck.com · May 28

S3 isn’t a database. But what if your lakehouse finally acted like one?

@jrdntgn.bsky.social shares why the current generation of lakehouse formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake might be missing the point—and how DuckLake, a new table format, changes the game.

motherduck.com/blog/ducklak...

A Duck Walks into a Lake - MotherDuck Blog

DuckDB introduces a new table format, what does it mean for the future of data lakes ? | Reading time: 9 min read

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lloyd tabb @lloydtabb.bsky.social · May 27

Ducklake is a really elegant solution to the data lake. Radically simple and completely open.

DuckDB @duckdb.org · May 27

Today we're launching DuckLake, an integrated data lake and catalog format powered by SQL. DuckLake unlocks next-generation data warehousing where compute is local, consistency central, and storage scales till infinity. ⁠ducklake is an open standard and we implemented it in the "ducklake" extension.

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · May 27

Classing "cache invalidation and naming things" are the most complex problems.

I think DuckLake is cute, but naming stuff is hard.

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Carlo Piovesan @carlo.piovesan.io · May 27

And the biggest winner is... DuckDB support for running queries on [remote] parquet files.
This happens to be a basic building block of DuckLake and a few other alternative lake technologies

DuckDB @duckdb.org · May 27

Today we're launching DuckLake, an integrated data lake and catalog format powered by SQL. DuckLake unlocks next-generation data warehousing where compute is local, consistency central, and storage scales till infinity. ⁠ducklake is an open standard and we implemented it in the "ducklake" extension.

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · May 27

Today we're launching DuckLake, an integrated data lake and catalog format powered by SQL. DuckLake unlocks next-generation data warehousing where compute is local, consistency central, and storage scales till infinity. ⁠ducklake is an open standard and we implemented it in the "ducklake" extension.

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Torsten „Teggy“ Grust @teggy.org · May 22

Our USING KEY variant of recursive CTEs has landed in DuckDB 1.3 Formerly an off-the-beaten-path researchy idea, now available in a real off-the-shelf DBMS. Hooray! 🎉

duckdb.org/2025/05/23/u...

USING KEY in Recursive CTEs

Recursive CTEs in SQL allow for powerful iterative queries like graph traversals but can be memory-intensive and slow due to repeated row accumulation. DuckDB’s new USING KEY feature addresses this by...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · May 23

New post by Pedro Holanda, Ian Cook, Dewey Dunnington and Bryce Mecum:

Arrow IPC Support in DuckDB

This blog post introduces the new arrow community extension, which boosts interoperability by allowing to consume/produce data through the Arrow IPC Serialization Format.

duckdb.org/2025/05/23/a...

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