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# This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem: July 2023

## Hey, friend 👋

It’s [Marcos](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlortiz) again, aka “*DuckDB News Reporter*” with another issue of “This Month in the DuckDB Ecosystem for July 2023.

Another month, another incredible time for the DuckDB ecosystem, especially after an incredible **DuckCon 2023 SF**. So many great tutorials, videos, resources, and even an interesting approach in the eternal comparison between DuckDB and ClickHouse.

As always we share here, this is a two-way conversation: if you have any feedback on this newsletter, feel free to send us an email to *duckdbnews@motherduck.com*.

-Marcos

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## Featured Community Member

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  <div class="columnText columnTextRight"><h3>Sam Ansmink</h3>
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Sam Ansmink has been a valuable member of the DuckDB Labs team for over a year. He has recently made notable contributions to some exciting projects! Among these are the [Apache Iceberg extension for DuckDB](https://github.com/duckdblabs/duckdb_iceberg) and the practical [DuckDB AWS extension](https://github.com/duckdblabs/duckdb_aws). While both projects are still in their early stages, we eagerly anticipate what Sam will bring to the table next!

Learn more about Sam [here](https://github.com/samansmink).


## Top DuckDB Links this Month

### [MotherDuck - DuckDB in the Cloud](https://tomtunguz.com/motherduck-launch/)

[Tomasz Tunguz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasztunguz/), one of my favorite VCs turned writer/blogger shares his insights about the launch of the Managed DuckDB service by MotherDuck. Based on his own words: there is magic behind the [hybrid execution feature](https://motherduck.com/blog/announcing-motherduck-duckdb-in-the-cloud/).

### [From Waddle to Flying: Quickly expanding DuckDB's functionality with Scalar Python UDFs](https://duckdb.org/2023/07/07/python-udf.html)

DuckDB now supports vectorized Scalar Python UDFs.

### [Three ways to use Airflow with MotherDuck and DuckDB](https://www.astronomer.io/blog/three-ways-to-use-airflow-with-motherduck-and-duckdb/)

![airflow](https://motherduck-com-web-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/img/airflow_blog_3a9629d886.png?updated_at=2023-07-16T07:30:42.056Z)

[Tamara Fingerlin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-janina-fingerlin/) from the Astronomer team shares how to use MotherDuck and DuckDB with Airflow.

### [DuckCon 2023 SF Talks playlist on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_sQfy8uuk&list=PLzIMXBizEZjhy6QG4Eqoe9k9NgBa-w67Y)

![duckcon](https://motherduck-com-web-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/img/duckcon_7a5d4950cb.png?updated_at=2023-07-16T07:32:28.121Z)

In that list, you will find all the technical talks shared in the past DuckCon #3.

### [Why is DuckDB Getting Popular?](https://www.kdnuggets.com/2023/07/duckdb-getting-popular.html)

[Abid Ali Awan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/1abidaliawan/) from KDnuggets wrote an article explaining why DuckDB has gained so much popularity in the last months.

### [Data Adventures: Why You Should Dive Into DuckDB](https://www.bairesdev.com/blog/data-why-you-should-dive-into-duckdb/)

[Gustavo Alessandri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavo-jorge-alessandri/), Software and Data Engineer at BairesDev, explores the benefits of DuckDB as an ally for data professionals.

### [How to Use DuckDB and Pandas for Data Analysis](https://docs.kanaries.net/tutorials/DuckDB/duckdb-pandas)

The team from Kanaries wrote a tutorial about how to use Pandas and DuckDB together.

### [DuckDB vs SQLite: What is the Best Database for Analytics?](https://docs.kanaries.net/tutorials/DuckDB/duckdb-vs-sqlite)

The same team from Kanaris shared this comparison between DuckDB and SQLite.

### [Leveraging DuckDB for enhanced performance in dbt projects](https://medium.astrafy.io/leveraging-duckdb-for-enhanced-performance-in-dbt-projects-995f535fc230)

[Łukasz Ściga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasz-sciga/) from Astrafy explains how to use the power of DuckDB to make your dbt projects more performant.

![dbt-duck](https://motherduck-com-web-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/img/duck_newsletter_22080c5e6f.png?updated_at=2023-07-16T07:32:28.119Z)

### [ClickHouse 🤝 DuckDB = OLAP²](https://blog.qryn.dev/clickhouse-duckdb)

ClickHouse and DuckDB can be friends, according to [Lorenzo Mangani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmangani/) from Gigapipe.

## Upcoming events

### DataEngBytes - August 2023

[DataEngBytes](https://dataengconf.com.au/) is a unique annual conference happening across four cities in Australia.

[Ryan Boyd](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryguyrg/) from MotherDuck and many others data leaders will present awesome talks!