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alchemy-utils 0.1a1

Simon Willison released alchemy-utils 0.1a1 on 13th August 2026, featuring a performance boost for DuckDB exports and CSV imports. The update is part of Willison's ongoing development of tools for data processing.

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13th August 2026

Performance boost for DuckDB exports and CSV imports, see here.

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