Videos and Online Events

" Preparing Your Data Warehouse for AI: Let Your Agents Cook" video thumbnail

2026-01-27

Preparing Your Data Warehouse for AI: Let Your Agents Cook

Jacob and Jerel from MotherDuck showcase practical ways to optimize your data warehouse for AI-powered SQL generation. Through rigorous testing with the Bird benchmark, they demonstrate that text-to-SQL accuracy can jump from 30% to 74% by enriching your database with the right metadata.

AI, ML and LLMs

SQL

MotherDuck Features

Stream

Tutorial

"The MCP Sessions - Vol 2: Supply Chain Analytics" video thumbnail

2026-01-21

The MCP Sessions - Vol 2: Supply Chain Analytics

Jacob and Alex from MotherDuck query data using the MotherDuck MCP. Watch as they analyze 180,000 rows of shipment data through conversational AI, uncovering late delivery patterns, profitability insights, and operational trends with no SQL required!

Stream

AI, ML and LLMs

MotherDuck Features

SQL

BI & Visualization

Tutorial

"No More Writing SQL for Quick Analysis" video thumbnail

0:09:18

2026-01-21

No More Writing SQL for Quick Analysis

Learn how to use the MotherDuck MCP server with Claude to analyze data using natural language—no SQL required. This text-to-SQL tutorial shows how AI data analysis works with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), letting you query databases, Parquet files on S3, and even public APIs just by asking questions in plain English.

YouTube

Tutorial

AI

"Building a Serverless Lakehouse with DuckLake" video thumbnail

2025-12-26

Building a Serverless Lakehouse with DuckLake

In this hands-on workshop, Jacob Matson walks through building a serverless lakehouse from scratch using DuckLake.

Webinar

Tutorial

"Watch Me Deploy a DuckLake to Production with MotherDuck!" video thumbnail

2025-12-10

Watch Me Deploy a DuckLake to Production with MotherDuck!

In this video, Hoyt Emerson will show you the fastest way to get DuckLake into production using MotherDuck's beta implementation. If you've been following his DuckLake series, this is the next step you've been waiting for!

YouTube

Data Pipelines

Tutorial

MotherDuck Features

SQL

Ecosystem

"Is DuckDB the Secret to Unlocking Your GIS Potential?" video thumbnail

14:49

2024-08-29

Is DuckDB the Secret to Unlocking Your GIS Potential?

In this video, ‪Mehdi walks you through the basics of working with geospatial data and introduces the DuckDB spatial extension. By the end, you will create your own heatmap using DuckDB, Python, and MotherDuck for sharing and scalability.

YouTube

Tutorial

"DuckDB & dataviz | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (3/3)" video thumbnail

0:21:46

2024-06-27

DuckDB & dataviz | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (3/3)

In this part 3 of the project, @mehdio explores how to build a Dashboard with Evidence using MotherDuck/DuckDb as a data source.

YouTube

BI & Visualization

Tutorial

"DuckDB & dbt | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (2/3)" video thumbnail

0:37:25

2024-03-01

DuckDB & dbt | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (2/3)

@mehdio is taking you to part 2 of this end-to-end data engineering project series: transform data using dbt and DuckDB! You will be leveraging all the in-memory capabilities of DuckDB to smooth your development process and deployment to t

YouTube

Data Pipelines

dbt

Tutorial

Ecosystem

"DuckDB & Python | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (1/3)" video thumbnail

0:41:48

2024-02-02

DuckDB & Python | End-To-End Data Engineering Project (1/3)

Mehdi tackles an end-to-end data engineering project : getting usage insights from a python library using Python, SQL and DuckDB! This is the first part of the series.

YouTube

Python

Tutorial

"Simple way to convert CSV and Parquet files" video thumbnail

0:01:00

2024-01-17

Simple way to convert CSV and Parquet files

Want convert CSV to Parquet or vice versa? In this YouTube short, Mehdi shows you how to convert using DuckDB as a Swiss Army Knife to convert data formats.

YouTube

Short

Tutorial

"The future of BI: Exploring the impact of BI-as-code tools with DuckDB" video thumbnail

0:12:50

2023-12-18

The future of BI: Exploring the impact of BI-as-code tools with DuckDB

Mehdi dives into 3 BI-as-code tools (Evidence, Rill, Streamlit) to create beautiful dashboards with DuckDB! Using code for building dashboards from data should delight software engineers!

YouTube

BI & Visualization

Tutorial

"Data Visualisation Tools With DuckDB & MotherDuck - Hex/Preset" video thumbnail

0:05:48

2023-09-05

Data Visualisation Tools With DuckDB & MotherDuck - Hex/Preset

Mehdi walks you through two (actually three) data viz tools you can use with @duckdb and MotherDuck: @_hex_tech , @Preset-io & Superset.

YouTube

BI & Visualization

Ecosystem

Tutorial

"DuckDB vs Pandas vs Polars For Python devs" video thumbnail

0:12:05

2023-06-01

DuckDB vs Pandas vs Polars For Python devs

Enjoy this ducking great walkthrough of DuckDB, Polars and Pandas. We discuss the main features and dive into a pragmatic code example.

YouTube

Python

Tutorial

"DuckDB Tutorial For Beginners" video thumbnail

0:11:25

2023-04-04

DuckDB Tutorial For Beginners

Mehdi covers all the basics to get you up and running with DuckDB! Enjoy learning about installation, working flow, ecosystem and doing your first analysis.

YouTube

Tutorial