CSVFiddle
Data
csv query tool
SHOW HN2022
64points
13comments
#830of 2,570 in 2022
Top 33%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quick CSV querying; frictionless entry point
From 3 comments
By no means am I crapping on what you've created — it looks great, and I've always wanted to try DuckDB and now you've made a frictionless entrypoint — just wanted to point out…
danso on HNThis is great. Will definitely be using this. I wouldn't worry too much about people focused on running from the command line. I love the command line. But not as a query…
ijidak on HNvery useful tools!
swuecho on HN
Objections
Large files may cause loading errors
From 2 comments
Does it work with really large files? Like, >100mb or so. I was considering making something similar but with sqlite.js [1], but the problem with it is that it loads everything…
shubhamjain on HNBy no means am I crapping on what you've created — it looks great, and I've always wanted to try DuckDB and now you've made a frictionless entrypoint — just wanted to point out…
danso on HN
Observable already offers similar DuckDB SQL querying
From 1 comment
Not to discourage you or anything, but Observable seems to cover this without too much hassle: https://observablehq.com/@cmudig/introducing-sql-with-duckdb
throwamon on HN
Requests
Load CSV from URL parameter
From 1 comment
Do you have an option to use a .csv from url, e.g.: https://csvfiddle.io/?url=https://foo.com/bar.csv If not, could you implement it? I ask because I'm working on a web-based…
kjksf on HN
Support for large files over 100MB
From 1 comment
Does it work with really large files? Like, >100mb or so. I was considering making something similar but with sqlite.js [1], but the problem with it is that it loads everything…
shubhamjain on HN
Questions
Does it handle Parquet files via DuckDB?
From 1 comment
I guess if it uses duckdb it can query parquet (and duckdb) files too?
kristianp on HN
Alternatives named
Datasette Lite
From 1 comment
A more appropriate comparison here might be to my Datasette Lite project, which runs SQLite in the browser using WASM and lets you join multiple CSV files by URL:…
simonw on HN
Observable DuckDB notebooks
From 1 comment
Not to discourage you or anything, but Observable seems to cover this without too much hassle: https://observablehq.com/@cmudig/introducing-sql-with-duckdb
throwamon on HN
sql.js
From 1 comment
Does it work with really large files? Like, >100mb or so. I was considering making something similar but with sqlite.js [1], but the problem with it is that it loads everything…
shubhamjain on HN