#130 - From PhD Research to DuckDB: Building the Next Generation of Analytical DBs with Mark Raasveldt // CTO @ DuckDB
About this episode
Mark Raasveldt discusses his transition from academic research to co-founding DuckDB Labs and the challenges of building an innovative analytical database.
Mark Raasveldt, co-founder and CTO of DuckDB Labs, shares his journey from academic research at CWI Amsterdam to creating one of the most innovative analytical databases of the last decade. Mark discusses the technical challenges of building DuckDB from scratch, the philosophy behind embedded analytical databases, and why single-node performance still matters in our cloud-first world. He provides insights into open source business models, the evolution of data formats like Parquet, and how DuckDB is democratizing high-performance analytics for developers everywhere.
People in this episode
Host: Tobias Schlottke
Guest: Mark Raasveldt
Topics covered
- analytical databases
- open source
- data formats
- cloud computing
- high-performance analytics
Keywords
- DuckDB
- analytical databases
- open source business models
- data formats
- high-performance analytics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DuckDB Labs, CWI Amsterdam
Products: DuckDB, Parquet
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