Turning Your Root URL Into a DuckDB Remote Database. Fun idea from Drew Breunig: DuckDB supports attaching existing databases that are accessible over HTTP using their URL. Drew suggests creating vanity URLs using your root domain, detecting the DuckDB user-agent and serving the database file directly - allowing tricks like this one:
ATTACH 'https://steplist.app/' AS steplist;
SELECT * FROM steplist.lists;
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