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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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Jun 18, 2026 • Jordan Tigani
Jordan Tigani helped build BigQuery, then left to bet that most data isn't actually big. Three years later, the agent era is making his case for him. In this conversation on The Analytics Engineering Podcast, he and host Tristan Handy talk about how MotherDuck and DuckDB fit together, why a single-node database makes more sense than you'd think for agents, and what it would actually look like to have a swarm of agents managing your data.
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AI, ML and LLMs
Interview
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Jan 21, 2026 • Mehdi Ouazza
Learn how to use the MotherDuck MCP server with Claude to analyze data using natural language—no SQL required. This text-to-SQL tutorial shows how AI data analysis works with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), letting you query databases, Parquet files on S3, and even public APIs just by asking questions in plain English.
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Tutorial
AI, ML and LLMs
Dec 10, 2025 • Hoyt Emerson
In this video, Hoyt Emerson will show you the fastest way to get DuckLake into production using MotherDuck's beta implementation. If you've been following his DuckLake series, this is the next step you've been waiting for!
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Data Pipelines
Tutorial
MotherDuck Features
SQL
Ecosystem
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Oct 23, 2025 • Ryan Boyd, Ryan Dolley
MotherDuck co-founder Ryan Boyd joins the Super Data Brothers show to talk about all things DuckDB, MotherDuck, AI agents/LLMs, hypertenancy and more.
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BI & Visualization
AI, ML and LLMs
Interview
Sep 10, 2025 • Jacob Matson, Sahil Gupta
Hear how DoSomething's data team escaped the enterprise data trap, achieving 20X cost reduction and transforming hours-long queries into seconds with MotherDuck.
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Jul 26, 2025 • Jerel Navarrete, Jacob Matson, Daniel Palma
Learn how DuckLake, MotherDuck, and Estuary enable fast, real-time data integration and analytics with modern open table formats, cloud data warehousing, and no-code streaming pipelines.
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Jul 17, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
Struggling with slow PostgreSQL analytics queries? @mehdio shows 3 proven methods to supercharge performance using DuckDB and MotherDuck. Perfect for GROUP BY aggregations taking 30+ seconds.
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Jun 13, 2025 • Jelte Fennema-Nio
Boost PostgreSQL analytics with DuckDB. Discover how columnar storage, vectorized execution, and pg_duckdb deliver 60x faster pipelines and lower TCO.
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Ecosystem
Talk
Jun 5, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
Discover how DuckLake revolutionizes data lake table formats by storing metadata in relational databases, enabling faster, scalable, and ACID-compliant analytics on object storage like S3.
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May 28, 2025 • Jacob Matson, Rob Teeuwen
Discover how Gardyn transformed its data platform from MySQL to a modern stack, boosting analytics speed, scalability, and customer insights with MotherDuck, dbt, Dagster, Hex, and Hashboard.
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May 21, 2025 • Hamilton Ulmer, Jacob Matson, Jerel Navarrete
Imagine writing SQL queries that give you instant visual feedback, transforming your entire data exploration experience. That's what Instant SQL enables with MotherDuck.
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May 20, 2025 • Michael Driscoll, Mehdi Ouazza
Discover how business intelligence is evolving from drag-and-drop tools to code-based, AI-powered workflows—leveraging LLMs, DuckDB, and local development for faster, more flexible analytics.
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AI, ML and LLMs
BI & Visualization
May 13, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
Discover how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) accelerates data pipeline development with AI tools, DuckDB, and MotherDuck, streamlining schema discovery and code generation for data engineers.
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AI, ML and LLMs
Apr 23, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
With Instant SQL, the MotherDuck UI revolutionizes SQL development with instant query results, real-time debugging, and faster iteration—eliminating decades of delays for modern data professionals.
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Apr 10, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza, Jacob Matson, Archie Wood, Nate Sooter, Evelyn Wou
Learn how data teams at MotherDuck, Notion, 1Password, and Evidence use AI tools to automate workflows, enrich data, speed up BI development, and enhance documentation.
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Mar 14, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
Mehdi walks through the new DuckDB UI, a free local SQL notebook you launch with duckdb -ui, and shows how to connect it to MotherDuck for cloud access.
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Mar 13, 2025 • Gábor Szárnyas
Whether you're new to DuckDB or looking to optimize your workflows, this session will provide practical insights to help you leverage its full potential.
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Data Pipelines
dbt
MotherDuck Features
Feb 21, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza
Mehdi revisits the basics in this 35-minute video, covering everything you need to know about DuckDB and MotherDuck.
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Feb 10, 2025 • Mehdi Ouazza, Lorenzo Mangani
Learn how DuckDB extensions—both core and community—expand database capabilities, streamline workflows, and empower developers to easily create, install, and share powerful new features.
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Jan 21, 2025 • Gilad Lotan
Discover how BuzzFeed uses AI and embeddings to power creative content, viral experiments, interactive image generators, and data-driven headline optimization, blending human creativity with cutting-edge technology.
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Dec 11, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
You often start your web application with an OLTP database like Postgres, but should you crunch your analytics there? In this video, Mehdi explains what OLAP databases are, when to use them, and more.
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Wasm
SQL
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Nov 22, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
Mehdi explores DuckDB as a catalog for Data Lake and Lakehouse pattern. He'll define what we mean by "data catalog", gives clear examples on how they work and dive into a pragmatic use case with DuckDB & MotherDuck.
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Data Pipelines
Sources
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Nov 17, 2024 • Benn Stancil
BI tools promise deep insights, but most teams only get noise. Discover why the classic data story fails and how a new small-data playbook can help you find real meaning in your metrics.
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BI & Visualization
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Nov 15, 2024 • Jordan Tigani
Over the last decade, Big Data was everywhere. Let's set the record straight on what is and isn't Big Data. We have been consumed by a conversation about data volumes when we should focus more on the immediate task at hand.
Talk
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Nov 8, 2024 • Jacob Matson, Guen Prawiroatmodjo
What if I told you that you could complete a JSON parse and extract task on your laptop before a distributed compute cluster even finishes booting up?
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BI & Visualization
AI, ML and LLMs
SQL
Python
Talk
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Oct 25, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
Postgres analytics 10x faster?! 🤯 pg_duckdb is here! This open-source extension adds DuckDB's analytics to Postgres, supporting Parquet, CSV, Iceberg reads, and direct MotherDuck queries—all within Postgres!
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Ingestion
SQL
Ecosystem
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Oct 24, 2024 • Jordan Tigani, Matt Turck
Stop paying the Big Data Tax. Discover why 95% of workloads need Small Data strategies and how MotherDuck's scale-up architecture delivers faster, cheaper analytics.
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Interview
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Oct 23, 2024 • Till Döhmen
MotherDuck's Till Döhmen talks at DuckDB Meetup #1 Amsterdam about all the clever ways the AI team is extending SQL to include AI features.
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AI, ML and LLMs
Meetup
Talk
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Oct 14, 2024 • Nick Ursa
In this talk at our MotherDuck NYC meetup [warning: bad sound], Nicholas Ursa talked about the paradigm shift from distributed computing and the Big data era to MotherDuck. He then explains how we build our internal data warehouse.
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Data Pipelines
Meetup
Talk
Sep 24, 2024 • Julia Schottenstein
Learn how LangChain enables developers to build powerful agentic systems, evolving from simple chains to dynamic, context-aware agents for real-world AI applications.
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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
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Quack & Code
Sep 24, 2024 • Jeffrey Morgan
Discover how small AI models run locally for fast, private, and cost-efficient development. Learn about Ollama, Retrieval Augmented Generation, tool calling, and practical use cases.
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Sep 19, 2024 • Jacob Matson, John Kutay
John Kutay interviews MotherDuck's Jacob Matson about all things data including MotherDuck, DuckDB and more.
Interview
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Aug 29, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
In this video, Mehdi walks you through the basics of working with geospatial data and introduces the DuckDB spatial extension. By the end, you will create your own heatmap using DuckDB, Python, and MotherDuck for sharing and scalability.
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Tutorial
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Aug 21, 2024 • Jacob Matson, Mehdi Ouazza
Learn about ad hoc reporting with DuckDB from experts Mehdi Ouazza and Jacob Matson, creator of the MDS-in-a-Box.
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BI & Visualization
Quack & Code