DuckDB and SQLite API Compatibility

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This chapter explores the API compatibility between DuckDB and SQLite, introducing an API wrapper that enables seamless integration. It discusses the advantages of using C++ in DuckDB's development, particularly in memory management and object-oriented features, while highlighting the benefits of its lightweight design for data analysis and enterprise pipelines. Additionally, the chapter showcases DuckDB's ability to directly handle various file formats, enhancing performance through efficient query processing.

DuckDB is an open-source column-oriented relational database that was first released in 2019. It’s designed to provide high performance on complex queries against large databases, and focuses on online analytical processing workloads.

Hannes Mühleisen is the Co-Creator of DuckBD, and is the CEO and Co-Founder of DuckDB Labs. He joins the show to talk about drawing inspiration from SQLite, why DuckDB was written in C++, the novel data processing scenarios it enables, and more.

This episode is hosted by Lee Atchison. Lee Atchison is a software architect, author, and thought leader on cloud computing and application modernization. His best-selling book, Architecting for Scale (O’Reilly Media), is an essential resource for technical teams looking to maintain high availability and manage risk in their cloud environments.

Lee is the host of his podcast, Modern Digital Business, an engaging and informative podcast produced for people looking to build and grow their digital business with the help of modern applications and processes developed for today’s fast-moving business environment. Listen at mdb.fm. Follow Lee at softwarearchitectureinsights.com, and see all his content at leeatchison.com.

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