Simon Späti
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.
20 POSTS
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
2025/07/21 - Simon Späti
Summer Data Engineering Roadmap
A comprehensive 3-week structured roadmap for learning data engineering fundamentals, from SQL and Git basics to advanced topics like streaming, data quality, and DevOps.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
2025/07/08 - Simon Späti
This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem: July 2025
DuckDB Monthly #31: Kafka Integration, Browser-Based Analytics, and Lake Format Innovations
2025/07/03 - Simon Späti
The Data Engineer Toolkit: Infrastructure, DevOps, and Beyond
A comprehensive guide to advanced data engineering tools covering everything from SQL engines and orchestration platforms to DevOps, data quality, AI workflows, and the soft skills needed to build production-grade data platforms.
2025/06/06 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: June 2025
DuckDB Monthly #30: DuckDB's new table format, Radio extension and more!
2025/05/23 - Simon Späti
The Open Lakehouse Stack: DuckDB and the Rise of Table Formats
Learn how DuckDB and open table formats like Iceberg power a fast, composable analytics stack on affordable cloud storage
2025/05/08 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: May 2025
DuckDB Monthly #29: From Metabase to Doom, DuckDB powers everything.
2025/04/18 - Simon Späti
The Data Engineer's Guide to Efficient Log Parsing with DuckDB/MotherDuck
How to Query JSON and Log Files with SQL Using DuckDB and MotherDuck
2025/04/05 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: April 2025
DuckDB Monthly #28: DuckDB goes streaming, local caching & more!
2025/03/28 - Simon Späti
Vector Technologies for AI: Extending Your Existing Data Stack
Understand when to use a vector database and how it differs from vector search engines.
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