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 SQL is the virus of the data world.

Multiple attempts to eradicate it have failed.

Not only does SQL have a strong foothold in the land of databases, SQL has slowly been infiltrating other platforms and processes.

SQL queries can be applied to local csv files using sqlite-utils.

Got lots of csv files on a cloud storage provider. DuckDB allows you to query it with SQL.

Already got a pandas dataframe? Manipulate it with SQL using DuckDB.

Data inside a Google sheet can also have SQL applied to it using the Query function.

Wherever data is SQL e eventually makes its way to it