Pythons are moving north in Florida. Is Brevard County next?

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

How many humans does it take to measure a huge Burmese python? Three.

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...
Rutland Herald

Ridge AI Emerges from Stealth with $2.6M Pre-Seed for AI-Native Analytics That Prove a Product Team's Value in Hours

Ridge AI today announced its emergence from stealth and a $2.6 million pre-seed funding round led by Madrona, with participation from TheFounderVC and a group of angels that includes founding leaders ...
GitHub

hive-iceberg-spark-duckdb.yaml

# Hive Metastore + Iceberg + Spark pipeline + DuckDB query engine. # DuckDB reads Iceberg tables in read-only mode -- no write support. # Good for single-node analytical queries on small-to-medium ...
GitHub

A physical design advisor for DuckDB

Vizier is a DuckDB extension that analyzes your query workload and recommends physical design changes like indexes, sort orders, Parquet layouts, and summary tables to improve query performance. When ...