julien040
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Comment · 2 years ago
I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but it reminds me of PQL (not PRQL): https://pql.dev
It's inspired by Kusto and available as an open-source CLI. I've made it compatible with SQLite in one of my tools, and it's refreshing to use.
An example:
StormEvents
| where State startswith "W"
| summarize Count=count() by StateComment · 2 years ago
I'm trying to push the boundaries of SQL by building Anyquery[1]. It's a SQL query engine that allows you to run queries on anything (GitHub, Todoist, Parquet, Google Sheets, logs, emails, etc.)
It's mental gymnastics to transform different data sources (e.g. a spreadsheet) into a SQL database with write support, but I do enjoy the journey and learn a lot from it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey HN, I’m Julien, a CS student, and I built anyquery, a SQL query engine for pretty much anything.
Anyquery can run SQL queries on local/remote files (CSV, JSON, Parquet, HTML, etc.) and SaaS (GitHub, Notion, TodoIst, Shopify, etc.). Anyquery can also transform a Google Sheets or an Airtable base into a SQL database with INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE support. Additionally, it can act as a MySQL server to leverage its ecosystem (BI tools, ORMs, etc.). Finally, you can run PRQL and PQL (KQL inspired language) queries with it.
Under the hood, it uses Go and SQLite's virtual tables. Therefore, you can use the SQLite ecosystem (e.g. sqlite-vec, datasette, etc.)
I would love to hear your feedback about the project.
Website: [https://anyquery.dev/](https://anyquery.dev/docs/#installati...
Source code: https://github.com/julien040/anyquery
(I know it’s a repost. I thought that posting the previous SHOW HN during the weekend was badly timed. If you find it inappropriate, please don’t hesitate to flag the post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41203559)
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey Breck, I'm not sure you understood properly what Anyquery is. It's a CLI to run SQL queries on "anything" (APIs mostly and files). Therefore, it's hard to provide a version without downloading anything.
But I guess it's because the landing page isn't clear enough. Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to fix that.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks! For querying CSV, it's quite similar to DuckDB (just a little bit slower). It's almost the same syntax (read_csv table, same parameter name, etc.)
I think anyquery strength rather comes from querying things other than files
Comment · 2 years ago
France did something like that last month. To support the "Centre national de la musique", a new 1.2% tax was added on digital music streaming services. But rather than absorbing the cost, Spotify just raised its subscription cost.
In the end, the government just taxes its citizens more instead of getting a bigger share of revenue from these companies.
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-03-07/spotify-to-adjust-it...
Comment · 2 years ago
Hey, sorry. I didn't see the answer.
You have a valid point. Using a versioning field would be nicer for mods. Thank you!
Comment · 2 years ago
I was searching for solutions to create a public collaborative tool, similar to Wikipedia, when I came across this database.
I need version control and easy rollback for the moderation team. Dolt seems to be a great fit for this purpose.
Comment · 3 years ago
Location: Europe
Remote: Office / Hybrid / Remote
Willing to relocate: I'm willing to relocate in Europe or North America
Technologies: I'm fluent with TypeScript, React, Python, SQL and Golang
Résumé/CV: https://cdn.julienc.me/resume.pdf
Email: [email protected]
- Gut: an alternative CLI for Git (470 stars on GitHub and made it to the HN front page)
- HN Recommend: a recommendation engine for Hacker News (also made it to the front page of HN too)