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DuckLake: The Definitive Guide
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DuckLake: The Definitive Guide

by Matt Martin, Alex Monahan
January 2027
Intermediate
300 pages
46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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About the Authors

Matt Martin is an accomplished Data Architect and ETL expert with deep experience in designing and implementing scalable data warehouse solutions across diverse technology stacks. Throughout his career, he has worked with a broad range of data systems from relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2 to modern big data platforms including Hadoop, Amazon Redshift, and Google BigQuery. Matt has successfully architected data warehouses built for performance and usability, designing and deploying robust ETL/ELT frameworks using both low/no-code tools like SSIS and Informatica, as well as custom pipelines developed with Apache Spark and Python.

Alex Monahan is a developer advocate at MotherDuck and a DuckLake contributor. Previously, Alex served as a MotherDuck customer software engineer and a blogger for DuckDB Labs. Before joining MotherDuck, Alex spent nine years at Intel, moving from industrial engineer to data scientist. In 2020 Alex discovered DuckDB, became a huge fan, and has been diving deeper into Duck-themed databases ever since. Beyond work, you’ll find Alex jumping on trampolines and going on adventures with his daughter Adeline and wife Christy.

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