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DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, in the browser

https://duckdb.org/2026/04/13/announcing-duckdb-152
53•janandonly•1h ago

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whalesalad•1h ago
duckdb is a generational technology innovation. insanely good ergonomics, great performance, it's awesome.
goerch•1h ago
Can confirm: together with `dbt` and `rill` I'm able do to [this](https://github.com/idesis-gmbh/GitHubExperiments/blob/master...) on my laptop.
steve_adams_86•59m ago
Whoa, nice! I could see this being useful to people I work with. Do you think it would be a good setup for people who are technical but not great software developers? People who use basic R and Python for ETL and analysis, mostly.
goerch•52m ago
I'm using DuckDB in another project (on my laptop) where `NetworkX` fails due to the memory limit of 32 GB. So yes, as soon as you are doing out of core work I'd assume the combination to be quite powerful. Knowledge in SQL would be a plus, though.
esafak•28m ago
Why did you pick rill?
steve_adams_86•55m ago
I use it almost daily. Any time I benchmark changes or analyze logs, I collect the data I need as CSV and analyze it with duckdb. The flexibility and ease makes it so I find so much more interesting information. It's indispensable to me now
esafak•1h ago
Any opinions on DuckLake?
denom•41m ago
Seems stable enough, they patched a bunch of things.
uwemaurer•46m ago
I benchmarked DuckDB 1.5.2 with the latest Java JDBC driver which now supports user defined functions. This allows very fast modifications https://sqg.dev/blog/java-duckdb-benchmark/
fzumstein•39m ago
DuckDB also runs in Excel, by the way, via the free xlwings Lite add-in that you can install from the add-in store. It’s using the Python package and allows to write scripts, custom functions, as well as use a Jupyter-like notebook workflow.
goerch•15m ago
If you start with Excel, I'll counter with Postgres: https://github.com/duckdb/pg_duckdb. I haven't found the time to check this on one of our installation, though.

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DuckDB 1.5.2 – SQL database that runs on laptop, server, in the browser

https://duckdb.org/2026/04/13/announcing-duckdb-152
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