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Optimizing Spatial Queries: When Polygon Simplification Helps (and When It Doesn't)

February 6, 2026
Benchmarking polygon simplification for PostGIS spatial queries across 200 divisions — where it shines, where it hurts, and why.
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SQL in the Browser: Querying 2.3 Billion Records with Zero Backend

February 2, 2026
An experiment with Claude, open data, and a SQL-first approach to frontend development - querying Overture Maps directly from S3 using DuckDB-WASM.
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