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"if you have worked with analytical systems in the past, you may assume that DuckDB cannot handle transactional workloads. But DuckDB has been built as a transactional, multi-connection database with full MVCC and transaction isolation since day one. Most users just never needed that in a single-user scenario. It turns out DuckDB handles transactions well: it's fast enough to compete with general-purpose databases like PostgreSQL on quite a few workloads, and the client/server pattern finally lets that machinery shine in multi-tenant, long-running deployments."

https://duckdb.org/2026/08/17/duckdb-20-highlights

What is the query performance like today? And, what are your goals for query performance after the next release?

If you only care about EOD market data, you can take a look at TagniFi's free markets API - https://www.tagnifi.com.

Disclaimer: I am a TagniFi co-founder.

I live in Portland, OR. My city has great walk-ability, and I walk here.. a lot.

Last week, I made my first trip to NYC and, wow, did I walk. In fact, I broke a personal record by walking 14 miles within a 5 hr period around Manhattan.

When I got back to PDX, I gave my shoes a couple days of rest.

How does this differ from asp.vnext's kpm?

What happened with Dart? The only thing happening with Dart is progress.

Can anybody determine if he is still wearing his backpack?

Please elaborate on how this choice will lose developer mind share in the long run. In fact, it is quite the opposite.