DuckDB

An embeddable SQL database like SQLite, but supports Postgres features - DuckDB / github / HN

The creator of duckdb argues that people using pandas are missing out of the 50 years of progress in database research - HN - DuckDB Internals (CMU Advanced Databases / Spring 2023) - duck DB use a vectorized push-base model (implemented in C++) - support larger than memory execution - DuckDB – The SQLite for Analytics (Mark Raasveldt, CWI)

Written on September 20, 2020, Last update on April 16, 2025
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