Videos and Online Events

"A new paradigm for data visualization with just SQL + Markdown" video thumbnail

1:00:53

2024-09-24

A new paradigm for data visualization with just SQL + Markdown

Come to this Quack&Code where Mehdi will discuss data visualization with DuckDB/MotherDuck, specifically focusing on Evidence! Archie, who is building evidence.dev, will join us to share his wisdom on charts ;-)

BI & Visualization

YouTube

Quack & Code

"Moving Forward from Ad Hoc Reports with DuckDB and MotherDuck" video thumbnail

50:57

2024-08-21

Moving Forward from Ad Hoc Reports with DuckDB and MotherDuck

Learn about ad hoc reporting with DuckDB from experts Mehdi Ouazza and Jacob Matson, creator of the MDS-in-a-Box.

YouTube

BI & Visualization

Quack & Code

"Leveraging DuckDB and Delta Lake Together" video thumbnail

1:02:10

2024-07-24

Leveraging DuckDB and Delta Lake Together

Quack & Code on table formats and Delta Lake with Holly Smith from Databricks. Can you use DuckDB and MotherDuck to query your data lakehouse based on Delta Lake? Yes! And Delta Lake provides a better format than Parquet.

YouTube

Sources

Quack & Code

"What's new in DuckDB & MotherDuck 🦆" video thumbnail

0:33:54

2024-07-11

What's new in DuckDB & MotherDuck 🦆

Join Mehdi Ouazza for a fun session to discuss all the new things in DuckDB and MotherDuck as of July 2024. He's flying solo this time for a special episode; he will quack but code too, so get ready!

YouTube

Quack & Code

MotherDuck Features

"Bringing DuckDB to the Cloud: Dual Execution Explained" video thumbnail

1:08:11

2024-06-28

Bringing DuckDB to the Cloud: Dual Execution Explained

Stephanie, founding engineer at MotherDuck, talks about what it takes to put a database in the cloud, specifically DuckDB as MotherDuck. Mehdi and Steph explain dual execution, showing how it works and use cases for the technology.

YouTube

Quack & Code

MotherDuck Features

"Fixing SQL Spaghetti :  Effective Refactoring Techniques" video thumbnail

1:03:13

2024-06-13

Fixing SQL Spaghetti : Effective Refactoring Techniques

Lindsay Murphy and Mehdi tackle a big challenge for data professionals: dealing with old SQL scripts. How can we make messy SQL code easier to read and maintain? We'll discuss pragmatics things you can do, and we'll tackle an example.

YouTube

Quack & Code

SQL

"Boosting datasets discoverability for AI using DuckDB" video thumbnail

1:07:10

2024-05-31

Boosting datasets discoverability for AI using DuckDB

Data is the foundation of any quality model, and discovering the right datasets is a crucial first step. In this Quack & Code session, Mehdi & Andrea Soria from HuggingFace show how to do just that.

YouTube

AI, ML and LLMs

Quack & Code

"DuckDB & Iceberg : The Future of Lightweight Data Management" video thumbnail

1:14:57

2024-05-16

DuckDB & Iceberg : The Future of Lightweight Data Management

Join Brian Olsen from Tabular and Mehdi for a quack and code session exploring the world of table formats, with a special focus on Iceberg and DuckDB. They dive into the latest advancements and give a hands-on demonstration.

YouTube

Sources

Quack & Code

Ecosystem

"Spatial data management with DuckDB ft. @MattForrest" video thumbnail

0:56:54

2024-03-28

Spatial data management with DuckDB ft. @MattForrest

Mehdi and his guest Matt Forrest quack and code - diving into Geo data with DuckDB and explore the spatial extension.

YouTube

Quack & Code

"DuckDB + dbt : Accelerating the developer experience with local power" video thumbnail

1:07:45

2024-02-29

DuckDB + dbt : Accelerating the developer experience with local power

Hands-on stream with Mehdi Ouazza and Josh Wills discussing how DuckDB can fix the data engineering workflow with dbt while using your local laptop compute power!

YouTube

Ecosystem

Quack & Code

"DuckDB + Streamlit : Crafting Dynamic Dashboards and Data Apps" video thumbnail

1:01:43

2024-02-15

DuckDB + Streamlit : Crafting Dynamic Dashboards and Data Apps

Want to create dynamic dashboards and data apps with your DuckDB data? Learn from Streamlit Developer Advocate Chanin Natasenamat and Mehdi in this Quack and Code episode.

YouTube

BI & Visualization

Quack & Code

Ecosystem

"SQL IDE Safari : Harlequin, in your terminal." video thumbnail

1:05:37

2024-02-01

SQL IDE Safari : Harlequin, in your terminal.

Join Mehdi and Ted Conner to discuss SQL workflows and SQL IDEs! Ted built the amazing Harlequin SQL IDE which runs in your terminal!

YouTube

SQL

Quack & Code

"Friendly SQL with DuckDB" video thumbnail

0:54:38

2024-01-05

Friendly SQL with DuckDB

Explore friendly and even friendlier SQL & DuckDB with Mehdi annd Alex Monahan! They discuss history, its future role in data and show some tips and tricks.

YouTube

SQL

Quack & Code