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[Future Data] DuckLake: Learning from Cloud Data Warehouses to Build a Robust “Lakehouse”

Oct 6, 2025 - Carnegie Mellon Database Group

[Future Data] DuckLake: Learning from Cloud Data Warehouses to Build a Robust “Lakehouse”

Jordan spoke at the Carnegie Mellon Database Group about how metadata storage enables query performance and helps provide transactional semantics in modern data warehouses. He also talked about how the metadata story in popular open data formats take us several steps backwards. He sahred about how DuckLake makes metadata access work more closely to a traditional data warehouse, which solves a lot of problems

MotherDuck Explained: How the Next-Gen AI & Analytics Solution Fits Into Your Data Stack

Oct 2, 2025 - Paul Galotto

MotherDuck Explained: How the Next-Gen AI & Analytics Solution Fits Into Your Data Stack

At Artefact, we constantly explore emerging technologies to separate real innovation from passing hype. In today’s crowded data landscape, spotting the hidden gems that can truly make a difference is both a challenge and a thrill. MotherDuck is one of those promising technologies. When its arrival on the European market was announced at Big Data London and our partnership as of September 24th, we knew what we had to do: put it to the test, evaluate its potential, and share our insights.

Your First Data Analysis with MotherDuck and DuckDB: From CSV to Insights in 5 Minutes

Sep 30, 2025 - Codecentric

Your First Data Analysis with MotherDuck and DuckDB: From CSV to Insights in 5 Minutes

In this post, we'll explore how MotherDuck, powered by DuckDB, revolutionizes the way you interact with your data, particularly when dealing with CSV files. You'll learn how to quickly parse and filter even large datasets directly from your local machine, using familiar SQL syntax, and without the need for a dedicated server or extensive configuration. Get ready to transform your raw CSV data into valuable insights in a matter of minutes!

Honest review of MotherDuck

Sep 22, 2025 - Daniel Beach

Honest review of MotherDuck

...the MotherDuck signup flow is incredible. It’s a beautiful UI, step by step, snappy. Everything you would expect from something built in this century, and bodes well for the things we have yet to do. One of the first things you will notice is the nice clean layout, one that doesn’t leave you wondering where to click next or what to explore.

It Depends Podcast: Jordan Tigani on how DuckDB and MotherDuck power Small Data

Jul 27, 2024 - Sanjeev Mohan

It Depends Podcast: Jordan Tigani on how DuckDB and MotherDuck power Small Data

Jordan Tigani shares why he chose DuckDB as the foundation for MotherDuck. As a founding member of Google’s BigQuery, Jordan’s transition from Big Data to Small Data is particularly fascinating. It's quite the plot twist! Jordan takes us on a geeky joyride through the database's internals and its unique differentiators. Beyond the technical deep dive, we also explore the intriguing backstory behind the quirky name, MotherDuck.

PR Newswire: MotherDuck Announces General Availability

Jun 11, 2024 - MotherDuck

PR Newswire: MotherDuck Announces General Availability

MotherDuck, builder of a serverless, easy to use data analytics platform based on open source database DuckDB, today announced the general availability of MotherDuck, providing the 99% of users who do not need a complex data infrastructure with the ability to use DuckDB's simplicity at scale. DuckDB 1.0, which was recently announced by DuckDB Foundation and Labs, provides a scale-up approach to analytics that is faster, cheaper and more user-friendly than distributed architectures.