Design and implementation of DuckDB internals

https://duckdb.org/library/design-and-implementation-of-duckdb-internals/

Article

  • University lecture slides covering DuckDB internals: query execution, storage, vectorization
  • Companion to the DBatUTuebingen DiDi course; slides linked separately on GitHub
  • No lecture videos available; slides-only resource

Discussion

  • Commenters recommend pairing with the CMU 2020 DuckDB talk (minutes 3-8 especially useful)
  • DuckDB praised as swiss army knife for data scientists and analytics workflows
  • Some found page content empty on load — likely JS rendering issue
  • Bonus: one commenter learned why DuckDB is named after a duck

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Added Apr 15, 2026
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