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MotherDuck executes queries in milliseconds compared to BigQuery's 400-millisecond overhead
“You know, we can do queries in sort of single digit milliseconds. And you know, in BigQuery, we were very, very happy when we got kind of the overhead down to like, 400 milliseconds.”
Jordan Tigani Oct 24, 2024 ▶ 10:03 The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
Disclosure
DuckDB's co-creator agreed not to assist any MotherDuck competitors
“On the other hand, he did agree not to work with anybody who's doing something similar to what we're doing.”
Jordan Tigani Oct 24, 2024 ▶ 23:56 The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
Disclosure
MotherDuck gave DuckDB's creators a co-founder-sized equity stake at inception
“We also gave them a chunk of the company when we started, like essentially a co-founder share.”
Jordan Tigani Oct 24, 2024 ▶ 23:34 The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
Disclosure
MotherDuck is not well-suited for database working sets exceeding 10 terabytes
“So, I mean, scale is certainly one limitation, and I think, you know, if you're gonna push past working sets of, like, 10 terabytes or larger, then you know, I think then, you know, Mother Duck doesn't work well yet.”
Jordan Tigani Oct 24, 2024 ▶ 39:18 The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
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