Support for R/RLang
Nicholas Ursa
Support the R language across common platforms at parity with DuckDB. R is used extensively by statsticians, scientists and data scientists for statistics, econometrics, and classical ML. For users who come from those backgrounds, it is their tool of choice instead of the python ecosystem.
Sharon Machlis
The main way to do retrieval augmented generation in R is currently with the ragnar R package. The only database ragnar supports natively is DuckDB. I have several small hobby public service applications using R and DuckDB, and I don't use MotherDuck because I develop locally on my Windows PC before deploying to my Linux server. Yes I can use Docker or WSL, but that adds a lot of complexity. Instead I just don't use Mother Duck, which is a pity, because several of my applications include data that update regularly. MotherDuck would be a lot handier than redeploying my entire application overnight every day.
Alejandro Abraham
Since Posit (former Rstudio) has made a big bet on DuckDB, I believe the adoption from R users will explode (dplyr package backend replaced by DuckDB e.g.).
R is also used in Pharma, Academia and Financial/Quant risk management.
Elena Felder
It works on Linux right now, but not on MacOS or Windows.
Elena Felder
Update: at this point, connecting from R works from MacOS and Linux. Windows users can connect to MotherDuck by using WSL (which will use the Linux distribution).
Kyle Lewis
Elena Felder Any update on the extension working in Windows?
Elena Felder
Kyle Lewis it's on our radar to add support for it, but for now WSL is your best bet.