alt.hn

4/10/2026 at 1:59:26 PM

Design and implementation of DuckDB internals

 https://duckdb.org/library/design-and-implementation-of-duckdb-internals/

by mpweiher

4/14/2026 at 4:11:12 AM

If you are a data scientist or do anything with data... duckdb is like a swiss army knife. So many great ways it can help your workflow. The original video from CMU in 2020 [1] is a classic. Minutes 3-8 present a good argument for adding duckdb to your data cleaning/processing workflow.

And if you want to add a semantic layer on top of data, Malloy [2] is my favorite so far (it has duckdb built in):

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUZlNQIndo [2]: https://docs.malloydata.dev/documentation/

by mrtimo

4/14/2026 at 11:31:23 AM

Over the years I've seen anecdotes here on HN that DuckDB crashes often for several people. Is this still an issue for anyone?

by password4321

4/14/2026 at 2:07:43 PM

We use it heavily at my workplace. It doesn't crash at all if you use it as OLAP. But if you use it incorrectly, it will crash.

It's pretty solid.

by xtracto

4/14/2026 at 3:38:59 AM

Unfortunately it does not seem that there are lecture videos.

by fg137

4/14/2026 at 4:45:09 AM

thank you! Learned why DuckDB is named this way

by buryat

4/14/2026 at 1:31:13 AM

Am I missing something or is the content empty?

by viccis

4/14/2026 at 1:33:14 AM

https://github.com/DBatUTuebingen/DiDi

by esafak

4/14/2026 at 1:35:01 AM

Thank you, I didn't realize all of the course counted as "slides and auxiliary material" haha

edit: Really great stuff in here. Every day at work I think about how much I love DuckDB

by viccis

4/14/2026 at 2:03:46 PM

What do you use it for? What's the best part for you?

by esafak