Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 07/05/2026I'm really excited to share some of the research I've been in doing on Data Agents - and no place better to do it then in SF. Join me to learn how to build your own data agent at 1pm on June 2nd! Register here: thedive.motherduck.com 040
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 24/04/2026me to the new OSS LLMs: "please don't spiral thinking forever about how hard this problem is" them: "you know i think i will just spiral" pic related 020
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 29/01/2026just shipped mviz 1.5 - now with mermaid support! add it your claude code with `npx add-skill matsonj/mviz` or embedded it in your app with `npm i mviz` github.com/matsonj/mvizgithub.comGitHub - matsonj/mviz: A chart & report builder designed for use by AI.A chart & report builder designed for use by AI. Contribute to matsonj/mviz development by creating an account on GitHub. 1122
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 21/01/2026A gift for my Bsky followers- a chart and report builder designed for usage with AI. Install for Claude Code (or your favorite IDE): ‘npx add-skill matsonj/mviz’ github.com/matsonj/mvizgithub.comGitHub - matsonj/mviz: placeholderplaceholder. Contribute to matsonj/mviz development by creating an account on GitHub. 2151
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 01/09/2025 Checking in on my AI workflow www.dataduel.co/my-explorato...dataduel.coMy exploratory AI workflow – DataDuel.coI’ve been spending time doing some work with AI – and this blog is just a “check-in” journal on what has been working for me. This blog will begin with “Idea Honing” (mini PRD) and then move to an ite... 1102
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 28/08/2025Finally implemented nfl tiebreakers in mdsinabox.com - so now teams have a much better outlook on playoff seeding. To wit: the Atlanta falcons mdsinabox.com/nfl/teams/At... 050
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 02/08/2025I've been screwing around with evals - here is my first one! I know many of you are AI haters but its here and its real. For this case I've looking at speed, accuracy and cost for solving hard NYT connections. GitHub repo: github.com/matsonj/eval... 091
Reposted by Jacob MatsonDominik Moritz @domoritz.de · 01/08/2025🚀 We've just open-sourced Embedding Atlas – a tool for exploring large embedding spaces through rich, interactive visualizations 📊. 412133
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 17/06/2025Something challenging about @duckdb.org : its a bit of a funhouse - many doors to enter that get you to the same place. I wrote about one of those doors - Postgres! motherduck.com/blog/postgre...motherduck.comPostgreSQL and Ducks: The Perfect Analytical Pairing - MotherDuck BlogLearn how to integrate PostgreSQL with DuckDB and MotherDuck for faster analytics. Compare DuckDB Postgres Extension, pg_duckdb, and CDC approaches with practical examples and best practices for each ... 280
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 29/05/2025One of the notions we think about quite a bit at @motherduck.com is "handling data before it becomes big" and I think this example from @tigrisdata.com really nails it. The trick here is parsing the JSON on insert so its really quick to query it. 161
Reposted by Jacob MatsonDuckDB @duckdb.org · 21/05/2025DuckDB v1.3.0 “Ossivalis” is out and it packs a ton of new features, fixes and optimizations. See the announcement blog post: duckdb.org/2025/05/21/a... 06017
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 21/05/2025WAKE UP EVERYONE ITS DUCKDB RELEASE DAY github.com/duckdb/duckd...github.comRelease DuckDB 1.3.0 "Ossivalis" · duckdb/duckdbThis release of DuckDB is named "Ossivalis" after Bucephala Ossivalis, an ancestor of the Goldeneye duck that lived Millions of years ago. Please also refer to the announcement blog post: https://d... 1110
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 11/04/2025vibe coded my way through adding tiebreaker logic to mdsinabox.com/nba today, and of course discovered there is some ambiguity in the tiebreaker rules as described on nba dot com. it is also potentially non-deterministic if there is a tie for the 6/8/10 seedmdsinabox.comNBA Sim 140
Reposted by Jacob Matsonarchie.md @archie.sarrewood.com · 03/04/2025next week @matsonj.com and @mehdio.com and I are talking practical workflows for using LLMs in data roles Wednesday, April 9 / 12:30 PM EDT sign up 👇 lu.ma/gmsg4lcllu.maPractical Uses for AI in Your Data Workflows · Zoom · LumaJoin us for a live discussion where professionals from across the data landscape share how they're using AI in their everyday work. In this practical session,… 061
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 18/03/2025fooling around with some nba dataviz (cc @aaronblackshear.bsky.social ) 2100
Reposted by Jacob MatsonDuckDB @duckdb.org · 12/03/2025DuckDB got a local UI. Thanks to our friends at MotherDuck, you can now interact with your DuckDB database through an interactive notebook, running on localhost. Read the announcement blog post at duckdb.org/2025/03/12/d... 1017047
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 10/03/2025just discovered my daughter chatting with her friends like this in gsheets 0180
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 10/03/2025oh now that the referer issue is fixed, i wrote a little bit about my thoughts on the "modern data stack" and how spreadsheets fit in... www.dataduel.co/if-spreadshe...dataduel.coIf spreadsheets are eternal, are BI tools transitory? – DataDuel.coThe article discusses the evolution of business intelligence (BI) tools, questioning their longevity compared to the enduring nature of spreadsheets. It highlights how spreadsheets facilitated decisio... 051
Reposted by Jacob MatsonGeneral Folders @generalfolders.com · 20/02/2025"Behind every large enterprise data workflow is an SFTP server with CSVs sitting on it (if you are lucky, its object storage and a compressed format, but its the same thing)." 183
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 19/02/2025been pondering what the future of data & analytics looks like, so I spent some time writing about it. www.dataduel.co/if-spreadshe...dataduel.coIf spreadsheets are eternal, are BI tools transitory? – DataDuel.coThe article discusses the evolution of business intelligence (BI) tools, questioning their longevity compared to the enduring nature of spreadsheets. It highlights how spreadsheets facilitated decisio... 5255
Reposted by Jacob Matsonapoorva lal @apoorvalal.com · 13/02/2025github.com/EnhancedJax/... saw this on terminaltrove the other day; looks cool 332
Reposted by Jacob Matsonarchie.md @archie.sarrewood.com · 07/02/2025working on improving the login experience for @duckdb-gsheets.com no more pasting tokens into the terminal 2232
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 07/02/2025Been waiting for this! Now goes on slide one for every talk :) 090
Reposted by Jacob MatsonHoward Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Hello, friends of #NBASky (and all the recent new arrivals). Quick 🧵. It’s been really cool/gratifying to see so many NBA fans/media gather here. I feel like we’ve reached critical mass, to the point where I barely check the other site anymore, and hardly miss it. (cont.) 501750130
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 22/01/2025Today in “cursed workflows”, you can connect to rest end points with Power BI which means you can serve DuckDB requests to it, no odbc required! 2140
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 17/01/2025Marveling at how nice the new theme looks over on www.mdsinabox.com/nba/teams/LAC/ 3211
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 16/01/2025Extremely proud of this blog I wrote about Dual Execution on @motherduck.com - it brings the magic of insanely scalable cloud for prod and fast iteration on local to dbt in a seamless way. Very happy to share this with the world. motherduck.com/blog/dual-ex...motherduck.comLocal dev and cloud prod for faster dbt development - MotherDuck BlogSpark the Joy of beautiful local development workflows with MotherDuck & dbt | Reading time: 7 min read 4253
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 14/01/2025posting this to keep my active poster count alive @alexnoonan.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Jacob Matsondagster.io @dagster.io · 13/01/2025Join us tomorrow where @alexnoonan.bsky.social, @matsonj.com, and @colton.boo will discuss: 🦆 Building an end-to-end data platform ingesting Bluesky data into MotherDuck, and PowerBI 👈 Shifting Left in Data Engineering 🧠 And AI-powered Data Engineering best practices lp.dagster.io/deep-dive-sh...lp.dagster.ioDagster Deep Dive - January 14Join this deep dive on Tuesday, January 14th, for a discussion on modern data engineering workflows and best practices. 193
Reposted by Jacob MatsonMotherDuck @motherduck.com · 08/01/2025🚀 Join us for a MotherDuck Workshop in Amsterdam! 📅 31 Jan, right before DuckCon, @mehdio.com and @matsonj.com will level up your DuckDB experience with hands-on fun & insights. ✨ Learn from DuckDB nerds & enjoy twice the fun! 👉 Register: lu.ma/xjkc4bh9 🦆lu.maSupercharge DuckDB with MotherDuck: Scale, Share, and Simplify Analytics [In-person Workshop] · LumaTake your DuckDB experience to the next level with MotherDuck with this in-person workshop in Amsterdam! This workshop is designed for new and existing DuckDB… 093
Reposted by Jacob MatsonAlex Noonan @alexnoonan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025This time of year is full of reflection and self-improvement. That's why our upcoming deep dive (Jan 14 at 9 a.m. PT) with @matsonj.com at MotherDuck will focus on improving data engineering workflows and leveraging AI tools at their best. Register here: lp.dagster.io/deep-dive-sh... 1143
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 30/12/2024Are they just rolling dice to combine shows at this point? Next up: “diners drive ins and deal or no deal” 240
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 30/12/2024Coming around to probably just using MotherDuck WASM, because it includes the cache is baked in too which means the interactions for building pages that load quickly is so simple. 280
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 28/12/2024Trying to make node serverless functions work with the latest version of the duckdb node APIs and failing miserably (works on local, doesn’t work on vercel) This would be such a sick project if I could get it to work 😭 080
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 22/12/2024oh boy can't wait to watch some great nfl today. > the local game is Jets @ Rams haha nevermind 180
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 20/12/2024a fun friday treat for the holidays (compete to win prizes) game.motherduck.com 080
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 18/12/2024had a couple of opportunities to actually use an AI-enabled coding workflow, and I wrote about the experience.dataduel.coExploring AI-Enhanced Development: My Experience with Codium’s Windsurf IDE – DataDuel.coAI tools like Codium's Windsurf IDE are reshaping coding practices through projects like updating a theme for Evidence.dev and developing a Terraform provider for MotherDuck. These experiences highlig... 1151
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com · 17/12/2024A peek behind the scenes of what we are up to at @motherduck.com 090
