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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 3d

I've been working on a universal semantic layer.

It's still a bit early but I'm really excited about its future. Will also be tightly woven into @sidequery.dev

Compatible with definitions from Cube, MetricFlow (dbt), LookML (Looker), Hex, Rill, Superset, Omni & there's a native definition format.

Sidemantic

sidemantic.com

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 16d

The big 3 agent CLIs all have support in @sidequery.dev

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 23d

Anyone on here into risk analytics / underwriting for alternative lending?

DM or email me [email protected]

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 25d

If you want to go upvote it on the orange site too, I'm not opposed (link at the bottom)

Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 25d

(About Agent Client Protocol, forgot this detail lol)

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · 25d

I wrote a blog post on the @sidequery.dev blog, check it out

Sidequery Blog — Product updates, SQL notebooks, DuckDB

Updates from Sidequery: SQL analytics notebooks, DuckDB, data tooling, and agent workflows.

sidequery.dev

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Aug 26

New marketing site (and focus) for @sidequery.dev

A native macOS app

Sidequery - SQL Analytics Notebooks

Fast, local SQL analytics notebooks for Mac. Analyze millions of rows from CSV/Parquet/JSON with DuckDB, Postgres & MySQL. Beautiful charts by default. Privacy-first.

sidequery.dev

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Aug 20

And we all just wrapped them in towels

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jul 8

V pleased with my new hiddenbar setup. No more menubar junk

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 30

Er, how was your weekend?

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 23

I got a commercial where a lady just kept repeating “Churu” and my cats were disappointed to say the least

Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 17

Seems legit lmao

Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 14

Why is it that every time I take a day off I get 5x the new Slack conversations compared to a normal day?

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 14

Not this again lmao

Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 10

One of my cats is named Jerry. Every time I say his name, my phone activates Siri 🙄

Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 9

Code is here

GitHub - nicosuave/wizard: A duckdb extension that executes js (provided by you or generated via OpenAI) in an embedded v8 interpreter and returns a table

A duckdb extension that executes js (provided by you or generated via OpenAI) in an embedded v8 interpreter and returns a table - nicosuave/wizard

github.com

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 9

It's completely off the rails, but I had a great time building it

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 9

On Saturday, I built a DuckDB extension that embeds a v8 javascript runtime and exposes a few table functions. You can pass arbitrary js code & natural language prompts for which js code is generated and ran.

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 4

orthogonal

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Jun 4

What is the most overused word in your industry?

Let it out.

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 4

Fortunately mine aren't big talkers. One of mine loves biting my feet at night lol

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 4

As I sit here while the clock crosses 6am, I realize I am now running on permanent cat time

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 2

@duckdb.org waves hello 👋

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 2

Love how my cats know to wait until I'm on a call to jump on the counter / dining table...

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 2

Much thanks. Credits to those that did something similar prior (Hex & @hamilton.bsky.social)

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Nico Ritschel @nicoritschel.com · Jun 2

Have been busy lately; chipping away at this new SQL notebook UI for @sidequery.dev

Here's CTE ejection for times when you need a little more intermediary inspectability!

Sidequery @sidequery.dev · Jun 2

👀

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