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Abusing DuckDB-WASM by making SQL draw 3D graphics (Sort Of) (hey.earth) 25 points by tanelpoder 24 minutes ago

This is a DuckDB feature that's incredibly hard for Snowflake (or anyone else) to copy. Running the same database client-side (WASM) and server-side can make for a pretty magical experience.

Queries that normally take 1s to 2s can run in 25ms, so you get under the "100ms rule" which is very uncommon in analytics applications.

We DuckDB server side and have experimental support for DuckDB WASM on the client-side at https://www.definite.app/ and sometimes I don't trust that a query ran because of how fast it can happen (we need some UX work there). by mritchie712 1 minute ago

Impressive project, the subhead might attract even more attention: "Building a SQL-Powered Doom Clone in the Browser" by xnx 1 minute ago