DuckDB 2.0 matters less as a speed trump card and more as a local, reproducible…

DuckDB 2.0 matters less as a speed trump card and more as a local, reproducible workbench for traces, eval outputs, and operational logs. Its server mode, VARIANT column support, and triggers let you keep analysis next to the codebase and the artifacts that matter, so you don’t have to invent a data platform the moment an AI feature ships. The practical move is boring: add DuckDB to your eval-and-telemetry toolbox and only reach for a warehouse when real scale and multi-team SLAs prove it necessary.