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Design and implementation of DuckDB internals

by mpweiher on 4/10/2026, 1:59:26 PM

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

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by: mrtimo

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&#x2F;processing workflow.<p>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):<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PFUZlNQIndo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PFUZlNQIndo</a> [2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.malloydata.dev&#x2F;documentation&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.malloydata.dev&#x2F;documentation&#x2F;</a>

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


by: owlstuffing

Analytics with type-safe raw SQL (including DuckDb’s awesome extensions) is pure gold:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;manifold-systems&#x2F;manifold&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;docs&#x2F;articles&#x2F;duckdb_info.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;manifold-systems&#x2F;manifold&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;doc...</a>

4/14/2026, 5:33:06 AM


by: password4321

Over the years I&#x27;ve seen anecdotes here on HN that DuckDB crashes often for several people. Is this still an issue for anyone?

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


by: mpweiher

The actual slides are linked from the intro-text:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;DBatUTuebingen&#x2F;DiDi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;DBatUTuebingen&#x2F;DiDi</a>

4/14/2026, 5:45:01 AM


by: fg137

Unfortunately it does not seem that there are lecture videos.

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


by: buryat

thank you! Learned why DuckDB is named this way

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


by: viccis

Am I missing something or is the content empty?

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