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Last updated: August 17, 2026, 12:04 AM ET

Knowledge Architecture

Persistent Knowledge Layer introduces a vendor-neutral blueprint for applications that accumulate understanding beyond RAG's retrieval-only approach. The system includes a complete Azure-native implementation using Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Search, and Cosmos DB for durable knowledge storage.

Distributed SQL

Concurrent SQL on DuckDB demonstrates parallel query execution across three remote Duck DB servers using the Quack framework, enabling distributed analytics workloads through lightweight remote SQL endpoints.