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• DuckDB – in-process SQL OLAP database management system

  We use DuckDB extensively where I work (https://watershed.com), the primary way we're using it is to query Parquet formatted files stored in GCS, and we have some machinery to make that doable on demand for reporting and analysis "online" queries. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact

  Watershed (https://watershed.com), platform for enterprises to reduce carbon emissions. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Is climate tech the new fintech?

  Here's why I'm asking — Watershed, a new carbon accounting tool that recently raised $60m, was spun out of Stripe. Patch.io, an API-first offsets marketplace, has strong ties to Plaid. And Bend, a CO2e emissions data API that I'm working on, grew out of Abacus, an expense management app. Source: over 2 years ago

• What role can CS majors play in the fight against the climate crisis?

  Your best bet with your current skillset (assuming you're more SWE-oriented) would be to join forward-looking startups and companies in the climate space. There's plenty of startups that are in need of engineers, and it would surprise you that a lot of them are relatively well-funded (e.g. https://watershedclimate.com/, funded by Stripe founders and Kleiner Perkins). Alternatively, you can probably join as a SWE... Source: over 2 years ago

• What role can CS majors play in the fight against the climate crisis?

  There are software companies working on this already, checkout https://watershedclimate.com/. Source: over 2 years ago