DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, in the browser

Re:DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, ... by porridgeraisin on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @03:12PM (#47867940)

I use duckdb often too, but the way it is being hyped in these comments makes me feel like I'm missing out on some insane usecase.

I basically use it to load csv, jsonl, parquet etc etc formats and do arbitrary transformations. Are people doing something else with it?

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Re:DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, ... by mmarian on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @03:18PM (#47868019)

Probably because you probably don't have to do those arbitrary transformations that often. I do, being in a security-related role. But I wouldn't have recognized its usefulness in my previous roles as a front/backend dev.

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Re:DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, ... by goerch on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @03:21PM (#47868051)

Maybe you are unconsciously doing the right thing(TM) already? So try doing it with SQLite instead :)

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Re:DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, ... by datadrivenangel on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @07:21PM (#47870527)

loading data and doing arbitrary transformations turns out to be a huge PITA with most other tools over a long enough timescale.

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