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Query S3 Tables with DuckDB
DuckDB has gained a new feature in preview, that allows querying of Iceberg data in AWS S3 Tables. Setting up a S3 Table There are multiple steps which need to be performed to s...
Querying IP addresses and CIDR ranges with DuckDB
I had a use case that eventually required performing IP address lookups in a given list of CIDR ranges, as I maintain an open source project that gathers IP address range data f...
Chat with a Duck
A while ago I published sql workbench.com and the accompanying blog post called "Using DuckDB WASM for in browser Data Engineering". The SQL Workbench enables its users to analy...
Using DuckDB-WASM for in-browser Data Engineering
Introduction DuckDB, the in process DBMS specialized in OLAP workloads, had a very rapid growth during the last year, both in functionality, but also popularity amongst its user...
Retrieving Lambda@Edge CloudWatch Logs
What is Lambda@Edge AWS Lambda@Edge is an extension of the traditional AWS Lambda service, but with a crucial twist – it brings serverless computing capabilities closer to the e...
List of free AWS Knowledge Badges
As the Skillbuilder website is sometimes a bit hard to navigate, here's the full list of free badges you can do on AWS Skillbuilder: AWS Knowledge: Cloud Essentials AWS Knowledg...
Serverless Maps for fun and profit
Introduction In today's data driven world, interactive and visually appealing web based maps have become an integral part of countless applications and services. Whether it's fo...
Gathering and analyzing public cloud provider IP address data with DuckDB & Observerable
This articles explains how the gathering and analyzing of public cloud provider IP address data is possible with DuckDB and Observerable
Casual data engineering, or: A poor man's Data Lake in the cloud - Part I
Using AWS Serverless services and DuckDB as near-realtime Data Lake backend infrastructure
Using DuckDB to repartition parquet data in S3
A common task in S3-based Data Lakes is to repartition data, to optimize query patterns and speed. This article describes a serverless solution using DuckDB