A DuckDB article I felt needed to be created.
A concise, single page article that goes through a huge portion of what sources you can read from and import into DuckDB.
I tend to reach for this instead of going to DuckDB's docs because it just has everything I need in one place.
thefulldatastack.substack.com/p/duckdb-basic…
In case you missed it, we recently launched dbt State in Preview. TL;DR: dbt State builds what changed, and skips what hasn't. It helps teams save time and compute cost.
Joel Labes and Toby Mao break it down in a new blog docs.getdbt.com/blog/how-dbt-s…
dbt Core v2.0 is now in alpha.
We've open sourced a lot of the dbt Fusion engine's code under the Apache 2.0 license, and that shared runtime is now dbt Core v2.0.
Read the blog bit.ly/4aCdRXg
See what else is shipping at the live Q&A on June 25 bit.ly/4aDCqDf
I migrated my markdown blog from C# to Rust:
- Latency: 2-8x improvement
- Memory: 4x less usage
Benchmarking my Markdown Blog in Rust and C# - hamy.xyz/blog/2026-02_r…
SqlServer.Rules v5.0.0 is now available!
SqlServer.Rules is an open-source static code analysis library and toolset for SQL Server database projects, command line, and Visual Studio, that helps teams catch design flaws, naming inconsistencies, performance anti-patterns, and risky T-SQL constructs early — during development and build time instead of in production.
The value is straightforward: it shifts SQL quality checks left, gives fast and repeatable feedback in CI/CD and local workflows, and helps improve reliability, maintainability, and performance of database code with clear, actionable rule-based guidance.
This major release expands rule coverage significantly and continues consolidation around the SqlServer.Rules codebase and tooling.
erikej.github.io/sqlserver/dacf…
Terminal Threads are live in Zed v1.3.5!
You can now run claude, amp, pi, or any terminal-based workflow as a managed thread in the Threads Sidebar, right next to your other agent threads.
v1.0 is out now! 🙌
It took more than a decade, TypeORM was considered dead by many over the past years...
But since late 2024 a group of dedicated maintainers was working hard and finally shipped what so many developers were waiting for: the first officially stable version!
Fresh #gRPC benchmarks just dropped (Apr 2026) and the results are 🌶️
# 1 CPU: #Rust Tonic dominates at 102K req/s using just 15 MiB RAM
# 2-4 CPUs: #Java Vert.x takes the crown at 153K req/s... but needs 305 MiB to do it
Meanwhile Rust Thruster does 139K req/s on 12 MiB. That's 25x less memory than Java.
#dotNET quietly sitting at #4-#8 across all configs. No hype, just solid numbers. The boring enterprise choice... that keeps winning.
Scala Pekko & Akka? Surprise top-5 finishers at 3-4 CPUs. JVM tuning is real.
Now let's talk about the bottom of the chart:
- #Python: 4,492 req/s (1 CPU)
- #Node: 12,471 req/s (1 CPU)
That's 23x slower than Rust.
Node doesn't even scale past 1 CPU — 16K req/s whether you give it 1 or 4 cores 💀
But sure, "developer productivity" even when it is AI generating code these days... 🫠
Full results → github.com/LesnyRumcajs/g…
These 28 .NET libraries will save you tons of TIME 👇
Choosing the right tool for the job can be a game-changer...
It can save you tons of time, energy, and money.
So take a look at this post, review these NuGets, and save them to save yourself time...
#1 - ORM
EF Core
A lightweight ORM for interacting with databases using LINQ.
Dapper
A simple and fast micro ORM for efficient database interactions.
#2 - API FLOW
SignalR
A library for adding real-time web functionality to .NET apps.
FluentValidation
A fluent API for building strongly-typed validation rules.
YARP
A library for building custom proxies.
#3 - TESTING
Testcontainers
Provides disposable containers for integration and end-to-end testing.
Shouldly
For writing readable and maintainable test assertions.
NSubstitute
A library for creating mock objects in unit tests.
Bogus
A simple library for generating fake data.
#4 - LOGGING
Serilog
A structured logging library with various output formats and destinations.
NLog
A flexible logging platform with support for multiple targets.
#5 - DI
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
The default dependency injection framework used in ASP .NET Core.
Scrutor
Adds assembly scanning and registration conveniences to .NET Core DI.
Autofac
A powerful IoC container for advanced dependency management.
#6 - BACKGROUND TASKS
Hangfire
A library for scheduling and executing background jobs with persistence.
Quartz .NET
A feature-rich scheduler for job execution in .NET applications.
#7 - HTTP
Polly
A resilience library for handling transient faults in HTTP requests.
RestSharp
A simple HTTP client for consuming REST APIs in .NET.
Refit
Converts REST APIs into .NET interfaces with auto-generated clients.
#8 - MS OFFICE
ClosedXML
A library for reading, writing, and manipulating Excel files.
EPPlus
A .NET library for working with Excel files, including charts and tables.
Excel-DNA
Allows creating Excel add-ins.
#9 - AUTH
Keycloak
An open-source identity and access management solution.
OpenIddict
A flexible library for adding OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 to apps.
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer
ASP .NET Core middleware for working with JWT tokens.
#10 - MESSAGING
RabbitMQ.Client
.NET client for RabbitMQ – a message broker for reliable message queuing in distributed systems.
MassTransit
Provides an abstraction layer for reducing message-based complexity.
Rebus
Simple and lean service bus implementation for .NET.
P.S. Use them, but don't abuse them.
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This tutorial shows how to install CloudNativePG 1.28 operator and deploy a three-node PostgreSQL cluster with synchronous replication and quorum-based failover, then tests transient failure recovery by pausing the primary container
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⚡️ Zig 0.16 is out.
And the new I/O model is a huge shift.
• Swap implementations (threaded, evented, etc.)
• Write code that looks blocking but runs async
• Composable like allocators
ziglang.org/download/0.16.…#zig#ziglang
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