julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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 State

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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.

[1] https://github.com/julien040/anyquery

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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)

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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.

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

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...

julien040

2 lata temudiscuss

Hey, sorry. I didn't see the answer.

You have a valid point. Using a versioning field would be nicer for mods. Thank you!

julien040

3 lata temudiscuss

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.

julien040

3 lata temudiscuss

  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]

I'm a French CS student looking for an internship during the summer of 2024. I have built several projects during my freshman year:

- 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)

Submissions

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Teach Yourself Computer Science

Show HN: I made an open source SQL engine for anything (APIs, file) using SQLite

Show HN: Anyquery – A SQL query engine for anything (CSV, GitHub, Airtable,etc.)

Open Policy Agent

Dolt: A version-controlled SQL database

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