#sql
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DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS "Cinnamon Teal": the biggest release yet
The DuckDB team has shipped version 2.0.0 with long-term support — the Quack client-server protocol, asynchronous I/O, triggers, a VARIANT type and an agent mode for AI tools. It rests on nearly 20,000 commits.
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Someone Got Doom Running Inside an SQL Database
An enthusiast made the classic Doom run using nothing but a database: around 1,300 lines of SQL render the picture at 35 frames per second.
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DuckDB v2.0: client-server mode, triggers and an in-house parser
The DuckDB developers have shown off the key innovations in version 2.0, codenamed “Cyanoptera,” due out this fall. The central theme of the release is turning the embeddable DBMS into a full-fledged server.
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Simon Willison Unveils an Interactive SQLite Query Explainer
Developer Simon Willison has released a web tool that explains the output of SQLite's EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN commands. The idea was sparked by a note from Julia Evans on reading query plans.