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title: "Hamilton Ulmer - MotherDuck Blog"
description: "Hamilton joins us from Rill Data, where he was the head of application engineering. Prior to that, he was a data scientist and engineer at Mozilla, where he worked at the intersection of browser technology and data visualization."
canonical: "https://motherduck.com/authors/hamilton-ulmer/"
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# Hamilton Ulmer

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Software Engineer

Hamilton joins us from Rill Data, where he was the head of application engineering. Prior to that, he was a data scientist and engineer at Mozilla, where he worked at the intersection of browser technology and data visualization.

## 9 BLOG POSTS AND VIDEOS

[2026/07/29 - Garrett O'Brien, Hamilton Ulmer, Till Döhmen, Jacob Matson](/blog/context-belongs-in-the-warehouse/)

### [Context belongs in the warehouse](/blog/context-belongs-in-the-warehouse)

Introducing Guides, MotherDuck's context layer for AI agents. More accurate queries, lower token spend, and distributed context for your entire organization.

[46:45](/videos/what-makes-great-data-visualization/)[2026-06-24](/videos/what-makes-great-data-visualization/)

### [What Makes a Great Data Viz? DiveMaxxing Winners Revealed](/videos/what-makes-great-data-visualization/)

What makes a great data visualization in the AI era? Three viz experts judge the DiveMaxxing winners and break down what separates great from busy.

Webinar

BI & Visualization

AI, ML and LLMs

[2026/04/02 - Garrett O'Brien, Hamilton Ulmer](/blog/introducing-embedded-dives/)

### [Embedded Dives: Interactive Data Apps for Customer-Facing Analytics](/blog/introducing-embedded-dives)

Real-time, interactive data apps – now embedded anywhere in your application. Created by your favorite agents and powered by dual execution.

[2025/07/25 - Hamilton Ulmer, Jacob Matson](/blog/motherduck-ai-sql-fixit-inline-editing-features/)

### [MotherDuck's Latest AI Features: Smarter SQL Error Fixes and Natural Language Editing](/blog/motherduck-ai-sql-fixit-inline-editing-features)

Stay in flow with MotherDuck's latest features. Real-time SQL feedback and natural language editing.

[2025-05-21](/videos/stay-in-flow-with-motherducks-instant-sql/)

### [Stay in Flow with MotherDuck's Instant SQL](/videos/stay-in-flow-with-motherducks-instant-sql/)

​Imagine writing SQL queries that give you instant visual feedback, transforming your entire data exploration experience. That's what Instant SQL enables with MotherDuck.

YouTube

[2025/04/23 - Hamilton Ulmer](/blog/introducing-instant-sql/)

### [Instant SQL is here: Speedrun ad-hoc queries as you type](/blog/introducing-instant-sql)

Type, see, tweak, repeat! Instant SQL is now in Preview in MotherDuck and the DuckDB Local UI. Bend reality with SQL superpowers to get real-time query results as you type.

[2025-04-23](/videos/instant-sql-mode-real-time-feedback-to-make-sql-data-exploration-fly/)

### [Instant SQL Mode - Real Time Feedback to Make SQL Data Exploration Fly](/videos/instant-sql-mode-real-time-feedback-to-make-sql-data-exploration-fly/)

Hamilton Ulmer shares insights from MotherDuck's Instant SQL Mode, exploring how real-time query result previews eliminate the traditional write-run-debug cycle through client-side parsing and DuckDB-WASM caching.

SQL

Talk

MotherDuck Features

[2024/02/14 - Hamilton Ulmer](/blog/introducing-column-explorer/)

### [Introducing the Column Explorer: a bird’s-eye view of your data](/blog/introducing-column-explorer)

Column explorer : fewer queries, more insights

[2024/01/03 - Till Döhmen, Hamilton Ulmer](/blog/introducing-fixit-ai-sql-error-fixer/)

### [Introducing FixIt: an unreasonably effective AI error fixer for SQL](/blog/introducing-fixit-ai-sql-error-fixer)

FixIt will correct mistakes in your SQL queries based on the schema and DuckDB syntax. Based on a large language model (LLM).

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