---
title: "DuckDB is the new Pandas"
date: "2025-09-13T12:00:00+05:30"
categories:
- talks
- data
- tools
tags: []
description: "DuckDB offers a simpler, faster analytical default than Pandas for many workloads: SQL, low memory use, remote files, rich functions, and embedded deployment."
talk_url: "https://talks.s-anand.net/2025-09-13-duckdb-is-the-new-pandas/"
---

I conducted a session on Sat, 13 Sep 2025 at [PyCon India 2025](https://cfp.in.pycon.org/2025/talk/W8VJX3/) - Bangalore, India.

**Summary**: DuckDB offers a simpler, faster analytical default than Pandas for many workloads: SQL, low memory use, remote files, rich functions, and embedded deployment.

[Here's the link to the session](https://talks.s-anand.net/2025-09-13-duckdb-is-the-new-pandas/)

**Links**:

- [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64M1oxPpnI) (28 min)