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2025/10/09 - Alex Monahan, Garrett O'Brien
DuckDB 1.4.1 and DuckLake 0.3 Land in MotherDuck: New SQL Syntax, Iceberg Interoperability, and Performance Gains
MotherDuck now supports DuckDB 1.4.1 and DuckLake 0.3, with new SQL syntax, faster sorting, Iceberg interoperability, and more. Read on for the highlights from these major releases.

2025/10/08 - Mehdi Ouazza
Why Python Developers Need DuckDB (And Not Just Another DataFrame Library)
Understand why a database is much more than just a dataframe library
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2025/10/07
DuckDB Ecosystem: October 2025
DuckDB Monthly #34: DuckDB 1.4.0 LTS, 100× Spark benchmarks, official Docker image and more!

2025/09/24 - Garrett O'Brien, Sheila Sitaram
MotherDuck is Landing in Europe! Announcing our EU Region
Serverless analytics built on DuckDB, running entirely in the EU.

2025/09/09 - Patrick Garcia
PAINLESS GEOSPATIAL ANALYTICS USING MOTHERDUCK’S NATIVE INTEGRATION WITH GALILEO.WORLD
Discover how Galileo.world is revolutionizing geospatial analysis. Say goodbye to slow performance and complex setups. Analyze and visualize big data right in your browser.

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

2025/09/03 - Jelte Fennema-Nio, Jacob Matson
Announcing Pg_duckdb Version 1.0
PostgreSQL gets a DuckDB-flavored power-up for faster analytical queries without ever leaving Postgres.

2025/08/29 - Vasilije Markovic
DuckDB × cognee: Run SQL Analytics Right Beside Your Graph-Native RAG
SQL analytics and graph-native retrieval together, eliminating the trade-off between fast analytics and one-off RAG retrievals.

2025/08/22 - Jacob Matson
Nine Keyboard Shortcuts for SQL Flow State
Tired of clicking? Master 9 essential SQL keyboard shortcuts to achieve a true flow state and make your data analysis faster and more joyful. Learn to run queries, comment, format, and even use AI without leaving your keyboard.

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