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Feb 13
YouTube, MCP, AI, ML and LLMs

MCP: Understand It, Set It Up, Use It

Learn what MCP (Model Context Protocol) is, how its three building blocks work, and how to set up remote and local MCP servers. Includes a real demo chaining MotherDuck and Notion MCP servers in a single prompt.

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"A new paradigm for data visualization with just SQL + Markdown" video thumbnail

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A new paradigm for data visualization with just SQL + Markdown

Sep 24, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Archie Wood

Come to this Quack&Code where Mehdi will discuss data visualization with DuckDB/MotherDuck, specifically focusing on Evidence! Archie, who is building evidence.dev, will join us to share his wisdom on charts ;-)

BI & Visualization

YouTube

Quack & Code

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Leveraging DuckDB and Delta Lake Together

Jul 24, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Holly Smith

Quack & Code on table formats and Delta Lake with Holly Smith from Databricks. Can you use DuckDB and MotherDuck to query your data lakehouse based on Delta Lake? Yes! And Delta Lake provides a better format than Parquet.

YouTube

Sources

Quack & Code

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What's new in DuckDB & MotherDuck 🦆

Jul 11, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza

Join Mehdi Ouazza for a fun session to discuss all the new things in DuckDB and MotherDuck as of July 2024. He's flying solo this time for a special episode; he will quack but code too, so get ready!

YouTube

Quack & Code

MotherDuck Features

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Bringing DuckDB to the Cloud: Dual Execution Explained

Jun 28, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Stephanie Wang

Stephanie, founding engineer at MotherDuck, talks about what it takes to put a database in the cloud, specifically DuckDB as MotherDuck. Mehdi and Steph explain dual execution, showing how it works and use cases for the technology.

YouTube

Quack & Code

MotherDuck Features

"Fixing SQL Spaghetti :  Effective Refactoring Techniques" video thumbnail

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Fixing SQL Spaghetti : Effective Refactoring Techniques

Jun 13, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Lindsay Murphy

Lindsay Murphy and Mehdi tackle a big challenge for data professionals: dealing with old SQL scripts. How can we make messy SQL code easier to read and maintain? We'll discuss pragmatics things you can do, and we'll tackle an example.

YouTube

Quack & Code

SQL

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Boosting datasets discoverability for AI using DuckDB

May 31, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Andrea Soria

Data is the foundation of any quality model, and discovering the right datasets is a crucial first step. In this Quack & Code session, Mehdi & Andrea Soria from HuggingFace show how to do just that.

YouTube

AI, ML and LLMs

Quack & Code

"DuckDB & Iceberg : The Future of Lightweight Data Management" video thumbnail

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DuckDB & Iceberg : The Future of Lightweight Data Management

May 16, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza, Brian Olsen

Join Brian Olsen from Tabular and Mehdi for a quack and code session exploring the world of table formats, with a special focus on Iceberg and DuckDB. They dive into the latest advancements and give a hands-on demonstration.

YouTube

Sources

Quack & Code

Ecosystem

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Friendly SQL with DuckDB

Jan 5, 2024 • Alex Monahan, Mehdi Ouazza

Explore friendly and even friendlier SQL & DuckDB with Mehdi annd Alex Monahan! They discuss history, its future role in data and show some tips and tricks.

YouTube

SQL

Quack & Code