Waiting for QuackDB the OSS spin off any second now
I've already created Haybarn which is Query.Farm's distribution of DuckDB:
learn about it here: https://query.farm/haybarn/
AWS Acquires DuckLabs
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Re: AWS Acquires DuckLabs
#22super curious what exactly does it mean to acquire an open source product.
Devs gotta eat. Yeah the code is out there but the code is a result of a lot of thinking, prioritization, research into what is needed from the actual product. So now AWS owns that mindshare and talent and will (probably heavily) influence its decisions. I just hope DuckDB doesn't stray from its goal of being the SQLite (e.g. embedded) OLAP.
When will folks finally learn that if they like having a salary, devs that produce tools actually would like to have one as well?
Re: AWS Acquires DuckLabs
#23Extend, embrace, quack.-
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#24I wasn't expecting this, and I am pleasantly surprised. I think AWS has been a bad player in the data space and very much behind all the other warehouse providers for many years now. This could lead into interesting integrations of DuckDB on top of all the data that lives in S3 and provide a leaner, faster and a more modern alternative to Athena.
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#25Seems like a good time to recommend Apache Datafusion. It's designed to be a library, but works pretty well standalone as well. There's a CLI version, but also Python and Java bindings, as well as a Rust library, of course.
From my own experience I can say it integrates far better into your Rust app than DuckDB does.
Well over 100 monthly contributors, too.
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#26What's the relationship between MotherDuck (https://motherduck.com) and DuckLabs?
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#27Congrats to the DuckDB team. I've been eyeballing DuckDB and LanceDB as part of AI agent memories. This gives me a vibe that AWS will use DuckDB somehow in their ai agents sometime in the near future after seeing the potential.
like vector search ?
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#28We just can't have nice things, can we?
its open source, we can fork .. (i know for such a project it will require a very special group of "we", but in theory .. it can happen)
If you need a fork, I've already done most of the hard work for all of you.
Or
https://github.com/Query-farm-haybarn
I've been releasing the versions all the way since 1.5.3 and all community extensions.
Re: AWS Acquires DuckLabs
#29Congrats to the founders on their new generational wealth, but also what a shame.
If there's no price tag mentioned, it's likely not generational wealth.
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#30I'm glad that DuckDB has a foundation in place and hope it is resilient enough to push the DB forward when the time comes. Out of all the big orgs, Amazon is probably the one that has the least regard for keeping technically interesting projects alive, and the certainly will bulldoze it for some dumb reason when the next re-org comes.
Surely they are better than Google in this regard.
AFAIK Google is much better at not tearing well-working teams apart in reorgs, and letting people go they have acquihired a few quarters earlier.
Of the few examples I have I my head, I'd even say that the fate of a product that has been acquired by Google is probably even better than those of Google's internally developed products. e.g. Waze is still alive and kicking 13 years after acquisition under its own brand and hasn't been completely swallowed by Google Maps. The Nest brand also stuck around for quite some time.