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Using DuckDB for Data Analytics
Last updated: Monday, December 8, 2025
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - May/Jun
In this article by Wei-Meng Lee, the author introduces DuckDB, a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that supports Structured Query Language (SQL) and is designed for data analytics. Unlike traditional database systems, DuckDB does not require installation and can run queries directly on Pandas data. The article provides examples and demonstrations of how to use DuckDB for data analytics tasks, including loading datasets, querying data using SQL, and performing analytics on the data. The author also discusses the recently added support for JSON ingestion in DuckDB. Overall, the article highlights the convenience and efficiency of using DuckDB for data analytics tasks.
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Big Data and Machine Learning in .NET 5
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2020 - Vol. 17 - Issue 1 - .NET 5.0
Learn about .NET for Spark and ML.NET to help .NET 5 applications better use big data and machine learning (ML). This article includes a code walkthrough.
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AI for Absolute Beginners
Last updated: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - May/June
If you’ve been thinking that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are a bit out of your league, think again. Sahil shows that you’re already using and benefiting from it, and you can create it too.
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Using Apache Hadoop on the Windows Platform
Last updated: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - September/October
If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between MapReduce and Hadoop, Gary will tell you, putting it all in context of Hadoop and .NET.

