Robin Moffatt • 1/3/2024

1️⃣🐝🏎️🦆 (1BRC in SQL with DuckDB)

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This article details a SQL-based approach to the One Billion Row Challenge (1BRC), originally a Java optimization challenge. It provides a step-by-step tutorial on using DuckDB to load, process, and aggregate a billion rows of measurement data from a CSV file, complete with code examples and setup instructions for a Mac environment.

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#performance optimization #sql #data processing
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