DuckLake: SQL as a Lakehouse Format

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Mark Raasveldt, Hannes Mühleisen

2025-05-27 · 30 sec

TL;DR: DuckLake simplifies lakehouses by using a standard SQL database for all metadata, instead of complex file-based systems, while still storing data in open formats like Parquet. This makes it more reliable, faster, and easier to manage.

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