alt Hacker NewsI mean I like duckdb but this feels like you're pushing for it. On my system postgis comes from apt install, and it's one command to activate the "plugin". Is the night and day part not having to run random sh script from the internet to install software on my system?
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dbreunig • 05/03/2025
That’s great! The difference is you’re familiar and know how to do that
Getting started from 0 with geo can be difficult for those unfamiliar. DuckDB packages everything into one line with one dependency.
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DuckDB doesn't require a running server. I run duckdb in a terminal, query 10,000 CSV or parquet files and run SQL on them while joining to data hosted in sqlite, a separate duckdb file using its native format, or even Postgres.