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2025/06/16 - Jacob Matson, Aditya Somani
PostgreSQL and Ducks: The Perfect Analytical Pairing
Learn how to integrate PostgreSQL with DuckDB and MotherDuck for faster analytics. Compare DuckDB Postgres Extension, pg_duckdb, and CDC approaches with practical examples and best practices for each method.

2025/06/13 - Thomas (TFMV) McGeehan
Why REST and JDBC Are Killing Your Data Stack — Flight SQL to the Rescue
Understand how Flight SQL can speed up how your serve data with DuckDB
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2025/06/09 - Mehdi Ouazza
Getting Started with DuckLake: A New Table Format for Your Lakehouse
Learn how DuckLake simplifies metadata and brings fast, database-like features to your data lakehouse — with a hands-on example using DuckDB and PostgreSQL

2025/06/06 - Simon Späti
DuckDB Ecosystem: June 2025
DuckDB Monthly #30: DuckDB's new table format, Radio extension and more!

2025/06/01 - Sheila Sitaram
DuckDB 1.3 Lands in MotherDuck: Performance Boosts, Even Faster Parquet, and Smarter SQL
DuckDB 1.3 has launched, with performance boosts, faster Parquet reads and writes, and new SQL syntax for ducking awesome analytics with full support in MotherDuck. Read on for highlights from this major release.

2025/05/30 - Mehdi Ouazza
From BigQuery to DuckDB and MotherDuck : Efficient Local and Cloud Data Pipelines
Learn how to query load table from BigQuery to DuckDB and MotherDuck using SQL and Python!

2025/05/28 - Jordan Tigani
A Duck Walks into a Lake
DuckDB introduces a new table format, what does it mean for the future of data lakes ?

2025/05/27 - Jacob Matson
Breaking the Excel-SQL Barrier: Leveraging DuckDB's Excel Extension
Now in MotherDuck & DuckDB, its never been easier to join in your data from spreadsheet sources.

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

2025/05/17 - Ryan Boyd
Taming Wild CSVs: Advanced DuckDB Techniques for Data Engineers
How to ingest and query CSV files in DuckDB using auto-detection, sniffing, manual configuration and more.