Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only! Grab it Dive into the internals of DuckDB in this guest lecture by Mark Raasveldt, part of CMU's Advanced Database Systems course. Explore the architecture, design principles, and key features of this embedded analytical database system. Learn about DuckDB's columnar storage format, query execution engine, and optimization techniques. Gain insights into how DuckDB achieves high performance for analytical workloads while maintaining a small footprint. Discover the challenges and solutions in developing an embedded OLAP database system. Access accompanying slides for a comprehensive understanding of DuckDB's inner workings and its place in the modern database landscape.