Disclaimer: This post is meant to help me jump on the bandwagon of DuckDB and Data Lakes. No, I have no shame! There, I said it! In this post, I’ll try to set the scene for building a “Duck Lake”: A “data lake“ created using DuckDB and OCI’s Object Storage…

Background: This post is a sequel to what I wrote a while ago (“Maybe Snowflake isn’t for you!”) and the discussion that it led to on LinkedIn. …

Disclaimer: This is an embarrassingly late post considering the release date of the python-oracledb library. I became aware of this feature recently but I came across some issues during the setup so I decided to document it, at least for my future use! …

disclaimer: I like Snowflake as a product, the same as Lamborghini! How can you ensure that a [SaaS] product is the right tool for you? Is there a difference in how you make the same judgment for any other product for a non-business-related purpose? …

I mean: REALLY read it; going through all the words and sentences and paragraphs and get through to the end. During the time that I was working for BBC World Service (2002–2012) one of the more important guidelines for online content producers was: “All you have to play with is…