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DuckDB in Production: The Embedded Database Challenging Enterprise Data Dogma

Real engineering teams are running DuckDB in production, cutting costs by 70% and outperforming Spark clusters. But is an embedded analytics database really ready for enterprise workloads, or are we just tired of overcomplicated data stacks?

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cloud-analytics

MotherDuck’s 10x Price Hike: The $25 Analytics Dream Is Dead

MotherDuck’s elimination of its $25 Lite plan in favor of a $250 Business tier represents more than a price increase, it’s a fundamental shift away from serving small teams and solo analysts. Here’s what the data reveals about the alternatives and the future of affordable cloud analytics.

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athena

DuckDB Eats the Cloud: Local Analytics Outperform BigQuery and Athena

Benchmark results show DuckDB significantly outperforming BigQuery and Athena in speed and cost on a 20GB dataset, sparking questions about the future of cloud data warehouses.

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big-data

Java Streaming is Dead: Why Your 75GB CSV Ingestion Strategy Belongs in 2015

A brutal case study comparing Java streaming approaches against modern tools like DuckDB and Spark for massive data ingestion, revealing why traditional methods are costing you time and sanity.

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