DuckDB over Pandas/Polars
Since my previous post on DuckDB (DuckDB as the New jq), I’ve been continuing to use and enjoy DuckDB.
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The Many Ways To Read Tech News
When I am interested in reading tech news, I have a few sites I often visit, such as: https://news.ycombinator.com (aka Hacker News) https://lobste.rs ...
DuckDB as the New jq
Recently, I’ve been interested in the DuckDB project (like a SQLite geared towards data applications). And one of the amazing features is that it has many da...
Lessons Learned From Payments Startups
Over my career so far, I’ve worked in a number of payments companies, including several startups. At the last startup, I was involved in building out a payme...
Storing External Requests
I’ve worked in payment systems for a long time, and one common theme is that they make a lot of 3rd party API calls. For example, there are numerous payment ...