DuckDB9 min read
DuckDB: The Fastest Way to Build Local Data Pipelines in 2026
Why DuckDB replaced pandas in many pipelines: query Parquet and CSV files directly with SQL, at speeds that embarrass much bigger tools.
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- sql
- python
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DuckDB13 min read
DuckDB vs Spark on One Node: Where the Crossover Actually Happens
Real timings and costs comparing single-node DuckDB against a Spark cluster, and why the crossover point is decided by shuffle volume rather than raw data size.
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- spark
DuckDB13 min read
DuckDB in Production: The Jobs It Genuinely Wins and the Single-Node Limits You Will Hit
Where DuckDB belongs in a real pipeline, how far out-of-core execution gets you on one machine, and the concurrency and memory walls that decide when to stop.
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- python