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.

15 POSTS

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.

2025/03/07 - Simon Späti

DuckDB Ecosystem: March 2025

DuckDB Monthly #27: Distributed DuckDB, Gsheet and more!

2025/02/26 - Simon Späti

A Beginner’s Guide to Geospatial with DuckDB Spatial and MotherDuck

Unlock the power of geospatial analysis with DuckDB Spatial and MotherDuck, making location-based data processing faster, simpler, and more accessible for data engineers.