DuckDB is becoming unstoppable...

DuckDB 1.5 is here, and it may be the biggest upgrade yet for developers, data engineers, and anyone working with local analytics. In this video, we look at everything new in DuckDB 1.5, including the redesigned and more user-friendly CLI, the new VARIANT data type for semi-structured data, built-in GEOMETRY support for spatial workloads, performance improvements, and how this release compares with DuckDB 1.4 LTS. 🔗 Relevant Links DuckDB - https://duckdb.org/ 1.4 Release - https://duckdb.org/2025/09/16/announc... 1.5 Release - https://duckdb.org/2026/03/09/announc... ❤️ More about us Radically better observability stack: https://betterstack.com/ Written tutorials: https://betterstack.com/community/ Example projects: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ 📱 Socials Twitter:   / betterstackhq   Instagram:   / betterstackhq   TikTok:   / betterstack   LinkedIn:   / betterstack   📌 Chapters: 0:00 The Quiet Database Alternative Growing... DuckDB 0:35 What Is DuckDB? 0:57 Query Parquet, CSV and JSON Directly 1:15 DuckDB Demo: SQL on a Remote Parquet File 1:40 DuckDB 1.4 vs DuckDB 1.5 2:34 DuckDB 1.4: Encryption, MERGE and Apache Iceberg 3:47 What’s New in DuckDB 1.5 4:01 DuckDB vs SQLite, Pandas and Cloud Warehouses 4:36 DuckDB Memory Limits and Production Risks 5:09 Don't Lose Your DuckDB Key 5:30 When Should You Use DuckDB?