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# This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem: November 2023

## Hey, friend 👋

<p>It’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlortiz">Marcos</a> again, aka “DuckDB News Reporter” with another issue of “This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem" for November 2023.&nbsp;</p>
<p>As always, this is a two-way conversation: if you have any feedback on this newsletter, feel free to send us an email to <a href="mailto:duckdbnews@motherduck.com" rel="noopener">duckdbnews@motherduck.com</a></p>

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    <h3>David Gasquez</h3>
    <p><p><a target="_blank" data-qa="message_attachment_title_link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgasquez/" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Gasquez</a> is a data engineer at Protocol Labs.</p>
<p>David has done an&nbsp;<strong>awesome</strong> service to the DuckDB community by creating a GitHub project to curate all the awesome DuckDB libraries, tools and resources.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="https://github.com/davidgasquez/awesome-duckdb" rel="noopener"><strong>Awesome DuckDB on GitHub</strong></a>.</p>
<p>You can connect with David on <a href="https://github.com/davidgasquez" rel="noopener">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/davidgasquez" rel="noopener">X</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgasquez/" rel="noopener">LinkedIn.</a></p></p>
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### [Summing columns in remote Parquet files using DuckDB](https://til.simonwillison.net/duckdb/remote-parquet)

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/simonw" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Simon Willison</span></a> is using the power of DuckDB to access remote Parquet files, hosted on Hugging Face, to work with 148 TB of image data.</p>


### [Getting Started With DuckDB For Data Analytics In Python](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KZyUboRwM8)

<p>Jie Jenn provides an useful example about how to use Python and DuckDB for Data Analytics</p>


### [Cached Takes: 80% of Companies do not need Snowflake or Databricks](https://kjhealey.medium.com/cached-takes-80-of-companies-do-not-need-snowflake-or-databricks-5ebda64c0853)

<p>Do you really need a big data warehouse service? According to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-healey/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Kieran Healy</span></a>, you can solve your problems with DuckDB.</p>


### [Cube : Introducing DuckDB and MotherDuck integrations](https://cube.dev/blog/introducing-duckdb-and-motherduck-integrations)

<p>The ecosystem for DuckDB is growing exponentially every single day, and this integration with Cube is a good example of it.</p>


### [Researchers, please replace SQLite with DuckDB now](https://dirk-petersen.medium.com/researchers-please-replace-sqlite-with-duckdb-now-f038044a2702)

<p>If you are a researcher, you need to hear this advice from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkpetersen/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Dirk Petersen</span></a>: move to DuckDB now and enjoy the benefits.</p>


### [Spark, Dask, DuckDB, Polars: TPC-H Benchmarks at Scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKH0-zs2g_U)

<p>This is a very interesting benchmark conducted by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrocklin/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Matthew Rocklin</span></a></p>


### [Create DuckDB Connection and Dataset using Delta Lake Parquet File in Apache Superset](https://medium.com/@syarifz.id/create-duckdb-connection-and-create-dataset-using-parquet-file-in-apache-superset-8765e5772342)

<p>If you were waiting for a signal to combine Apache Superset and DuckDB, this is it.</p>


### [Harnessing in-process analytics for data science and beyond](https://szarnyasg.github.io/talks/oredev2023-duckdb.pdf)

<p>This presentation from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/szarnyasg/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Gábor Szárnyas</span></a> provides a lot of insights about in-process analytics using the power of DuckDB.</p>


### [An Intro to DuckDB: The SQLite for Analytics](https://blog.det.life/an-intro-to-duckdb-the-sqlite-for-analytics-844a10e18454)

<p>When, Why, and How You Should Consider Using DuckDB, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yunying-karen-zhang/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Karen Zhang</span></a>.</p>


### [Building a modern data stack in a box using DuckDB, dbt, Meltano and Streamlit](https://blog.det.life/building-a-modern-data-stack-in-a-box-using-duckdb-dbt-meltano-and-streamlit-b427bb9869c3)

<p>The modern data stack is evolving with time, but we know one thing for sure: DuckDB is part of it; and this article from Rahul Soni proves it.</p>


### [A Modern Geospatial Workflow: PyEnv, Poetry, DuckDB, and JuPySQL](https://medium.com/@jake.gearon_34983/a-modern-geospatial-workflow-pyenv-poetry-duckdb-and-jupysql-7e7d355655f5)

<p>More people are considering to use DuckDB for geospatial apps (and they should), and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gearon-742767148/" style="color: #00a4bd;"><span>Jake Gearon </span></a>shares an interesting example here.</p>


### [Pandas v1 is dead, what's next ?](https://juhache.substack.com/p/pandas-v1-is-dead-whats-next?r=l9wvi)

<p>The answer is obvious: DuckDB; according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julienhuraultanalytics/">Julien Hurault</a></p>



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### [Airbyte move(data): Fixing the Data Engineering Lifecycle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1M74cdzX14)

**6 December 2023 | Online 🌐**

<p>MotherDuck co-founder <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryguyrg/" rel="noopener">Ryan Boyd </a>will speak at the Airbyte move(data) conference on Fixing the data Engineering Lifecycle, a short talk based on his discussions with the community in preparation for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W72K0cxTAtY" rel="noopener">panel at Coalesce with the same name</a>.&nbsp;</p>


### OpenD/I Summit:

**28th-30th November 2023 | Online 🌐**

<p>This online conference will feature talks from leaders across Data, Cloud, Blockchain, AI, Web3. MotherDuck co-founder Ryan Boyd will present on "Data Analytics in the Post-Big-Data Era."&nbsp;</p>


### [An abridged history of DuckDB: database tech from Amsterdam](https://datadaytexas.com/2024/sessions#boncz)

**27 January 2024 | Austin, Texas, USA 🇺🇸**

<p>In this session, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Boncz" rel="noopener">Peter Boncz</a> will discuss the evolution of analytical database systems, starting from the classical relational database systems, all the way to DuckDB - the fastest growing data system today.&nbsp;<br><br></p>