data engineering

A new technical write-up explains the performance gains in DuckDB 2.0, the open-source analytical database popular with data engineers and analysts. The piece walks through the engineering changes behind the speed improvements, and developers on Hacker News are debating the details of the release.

A new explainer from science channel Veritasium examines the remarkable engineering that keeps the internet running, focusing on the physical infrastructure that carries global data traffic. The piece details the extreme measures involved in building and maintaining the systems that connect the world, and viewers have responded enthusiastically, sending it to the top of trending charts within days of release.