Simon Späti
Technical Author & Data Engineer
Simon is a Data Engineer and Technical Author with 20+ years of experience in the data field. He's the author of the Data Engineering Blog (ssp.sh), curator of the Data Engineering Vault (vault.ssp.sh), and currently writes a book about Data Engineering Design Patterns (dedp.online). Simon maintains an awareness of open-source data engineering technologies and enjoys sharing his knowledge with the community.
29 POSTS
2026/01/17 - Simon Späti
This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem: January 2026
DuckDB ecosystem January roundup: Iceberg, AI Agents & 1TB Benchmarks
2025/12/10 - Simon Späti
This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem: December 2025
DuckDB ecosystem December roundup: encryption in v1.4, new spatial tools, DuckLake serverless lakehouse, Reddit Q&A with data engineers, and community highlights.
2025/12/03 - Simon Späti
Simplicity of a Database, but the Speed of a Cache: OLAP Caches for DuckDB
Speed up slow dashboards without adding new infrastructure. Learn how DuckDB's caching extensions can drop query times from minutes to seconds.
2025/11/24 - Simon Späti
Branch, Test, Deploy: A Git-Inspired Approach for Data
This article explores how to bring Git style workflows like branching, testing, and deploying to your data stack. Learn how concepts like zero copy cloning and metadata pointers can finally give you isolated test environments.
2025/11/12 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: November 2025
DuckDB Monthly #35: DuckDB extensions, DuckLake, DataFrame, and more!
2025/10/30 - Simon Späti
4 Senior Data Engineers Answer 10 Top Reddit Questions
A great panel answering the most voted/commented data questions on Reddit
2025/10/07 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: October 2025
DuckDB Monthly #34: DuckDB 1.4.0 LTS, 100× Spark benchmarks, official Docker image and more!
2025/09/09 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: September 2025
DuckDB Monthly #33: DuckDB 58× faster spatial joins, pg_duckdb 1.0, and 79% Snowflake cost savings
2025/08/19 - Simon Späti
Why Semantic Layers Matter — and How to Build One with DuckDB
Learn what a semantic layer is, why it matters, and how to build a simple one with DuckDB and Ibis using just YAML and Python
2025/08/07 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: August 2025
DuckDB Monthly #32: DuckDB hits 50.7% growth—vector search, WASM, and analytics take the spotlight
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