Hopefully you'll forgive my ignorance, but this is the first time I hear about DuckDB. What space does it occupy in the DBMS landscape? What are its use cases? How does it compare to other DBMS solutions?
Hi, DuckDB devrel here. DuckDB is an analytical SQL database in the form factor of SQLite (i.e., in-process). This quadrant summarizes its space in the landscape:
It works as a replacement / complementary component to dataframe libraries due to it's speed and (vertical) scalability. It's lightweight and dependency-free, so it also works as part of data processing pipelines.
Hello, I'd love to use this but I work with highly confidential data. How can we be sure our data isn't leaking with this new UI? What assurances are there on this, and can you comment on the scope of the MotherDuck server interactions?
https://blobs.duckdb.org/slides/goto-amsterdam-2024-duckdb-g...
It works as a replacement / complementary component to dataframe libraries due to it's speed and (vertical) scalability. It's lightweight and dependency-free, so it also works as part of data processing pipelines.