Data Inlining in DuckLake: Unlocking Streaming for Data Lakes

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Pedro Holanda
2026-04-02 · 30 sec

TL;DR: DuckLake’s data inlining stores small updates directly in the catalog, eliminating the “small files problem” and making continuous streaming into data lakes practical. Our benchmark shows 926× faster queries and 105× faster ingestion when compared to Iceberg.