DuckDB 2.0 adds a server to a database built to run without one
DuckDB co-creators Hannes Muehleisen and Mark Raasveldt add remote connections and asynchronous I/O to the LTS release, months after DuckLabs joined AWS.
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Primary source: DuckDB
Why it matters
DuckDB 2.0 expands the founders' embedded-database thesis into remote and shared use, while its storage-format change makes careful migration testing part of the upgrade.
DuckDB co-creators Hannes Muehleisen and Mark Raasveldt released DuckDB 2.0.0 on October 21st, adding client-server connections to an analytical database built to run inside an application rather than behind a separate server. The LTS release announcement introduces a more polished Quack protocol, a 'CONNECT' statement for remote databases, asynchronous I/O and other features DuckDB says reflect close to 20,000 commits since version 1.5.…
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