Columnar Blog
News, updates, and insights from the Columnar crew
Recent posts
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What if Jev spoke Arrow?
Experiments in bulk inference with TypeSafe’s new model
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Open tables need open connectivity
Why we’re rebuilding database access for the AI era
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The ODBC Driver Scavenger Hunt
ADBC’s advantages start before the first query runs.
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Announcing the DuckDB ADBC Extension
Connect DuckDB to any database that has an Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver.
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Introducing databow
One command-line tool to query them all, built with Rust and ADBC
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Announcing an ADBC driver for Quack
A public preview of a driver for DuckDB’s new client-server protocol
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Announcing dbc 0.3.0
The third release of dbc improves the experience for applications and agents that need to install and manage ADBC drivers.
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Stop paying the JSON tax
Arrow-native database connectivity for Node.js
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Introducing Columnar Cookbook
Recipes for database connectivity and data interchange with Arrow and ADBC
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We built an ADBC interface for COBOL
Modern database connectivity meets 1959. It fits better than it should.
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Zero-copy, zero contest
Comparing ADBC performance against the alternatives on two Arrow-native systems: BigQuery and DuckDB
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A Deep Dive into ADBC Driver Optimization
What it takes to achieve good performance across different data systems
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Announcing dbc 0.2.0
The second release of dbc brings new drivers, pre-releases, private registries, and a seamless experience for humans, tools, and agents.
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10 Predictions for Data Infrastructure in 2026
What we see coming in the year ahead
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Using ADBC in Java
New JNI bindings bring ADBC drivers to Java applications
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Announcing Columnar
Back to the future of data connectivity
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Introducing dbc
The command-line tool for installing and managing ADBC drivers