“Nick has been a major force in modernizing the data landscape at the Times for several years. He has an astoundingly deep understanding of data modeling, distributed computation, and most all related topics. He's highly skilled at separating hype from substance when it comes to new technologies, and confident enough in those skills to solidify a data-driven culture wherever he goes. It may sound trite to talk about someone's passion for their work, but Nick's drive and curiosity towards data science and engineering is unmatched in anyone I've worked with. Any strongly data-driven company would be fortunate to have him on board.”
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I am currently working at the analytic database startup MotherDuck, to make a simpler…
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🤩 We're happy to announce that we launched the DuckDB webshop! 🛒 Head to shop.duckdb.org to complete your DuckDB outfit.
🤩 We're happy to announce that we launched the DuckDB webshop! 🛒 Head to shop.duckdb.org to complete your DuckDB outfit.
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We just launched `embedding()` a SQL function to compute embeddings on your data in MotherDuck. DuckDB MotherDuck #embeddings
We just launched `embedding()` a SQL function to compute embeddings on your data in MotherDuck. DuckDB MotherDuck #embeddings
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DuckDB's co-creator Hannes Mühleisen was featured in Datanami's 2024 People to Watch list. https://lnkd.in/dY2u8ffv
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