Bryce
@brycemecum.com
Working on open source, mostly Apache Arrow (https://arrow.apache.org)
Made some accidental art with Claude today and I kinda like it
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Made some accidental art with Claude today and I kinda like it
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After six years of relentless development, Orion for MacOS 1.0 is here: blog.kagi.com/orion
Also: Orion for Linux is currently in Alpha, and Orion for Windows has officially started development with a target launch for late 2026.
Orion also has a dedicated website now: orionbrowser.com
Also: Orion for Linux is currently in Alpha, and Orion for Windows has officially started development with a target launch for late 2026.
Orion also has a dedicated website now: orionbrowser.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
After six years of relentless development, Orion for MacOS 1.0 is here: blog.kagi.com/orion
Also: Orion for Linux is currently in Alpha, and Orion for Windows has officially started development with a target launch for late 2026.
Orion also has a dedicated website now: orionbrowser.com
Also: Orion for Linux is currently in Alpha, and Orion for Windows has officially started development with a target launch for late 2026.
Orion also has a dedicated website now: orionbrowser.com
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#rstats Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter.
Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds.
Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more.
Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...
Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds.
Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more.
Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#rstats Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter.
Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds.
Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more.
Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...
Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds.
Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more.
Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...
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Announcing the Gem Fellowship, a grant program for improvements to Ruby-related open source projects. https://gem.coop/fellowship/ Want to improve your favorite gem? Submit a proposal, starting next month.
gem.coop
gem.coop
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Announcing the Gem Fellowship, a grant program for improvements to Ruby-related open source projects. https://gem.coop/fellowship/ Want to improve your favorite gem? Submit a proposal, starting next month.
People talk about print debugging but they never say what they print. Does everyone say "HI MOM" like I do?
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
People talk about print debugging but they never say what they print. Does everyone say "HI MOM" like I do?
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This seems important. Current AI models can't read graphs. They "see" what they expect to see, even if the data shows something else.
Introducing bluffbench, a new tool to evaluate how well LLMs actually see data plots.
When we trick LLMs with secret #RStats transformations, they can miss the visual contradiction.
bluffbench helps us measure this "blind spot" in AI coding agents. Learn more: posit.co/blog/introdu...
When we trick LLMs with secret #RStats transformations, they can miss the visual contradiction.
bluffbench helps us measure this "blind spot" in AI coding agents. Learn more: posit.co/blog/introdu...
When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see - Posit
Data science agents need to accurately read plots even when the content contradicts their expectations. Our testing shows today's LLMs still struggle here.
posit.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This seems important. Current AI models can't read graphs. They "see" what they expect to see, even if the data shows something else.
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I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats
Was anyone else like me, wondering if you can use ADBC with $5 Postgres from @planetscale.com? Well, you can! (No surprise)
I wrote up my test at brycemecum.com/2025/11/15/a...
#apachearrow #adbc
I wrote up my test at brycemecum.com/2025/11/15/a...
#apachearrow #adbc
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Was anyone else like me, wondering if you can use ADBC with $5 Postgres from @planetscale.com? Well, you can! (No surprise)
I wrote up my test at brycemecum.com/2025/11/15/a...
#apachearrow #adbc
I wrote up my test at brycemecum.com/2025/11/15/a...
#apachearrow #adbc
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ADBC drivers in #Java? Yes. The latest release of ADBC adds a JNI layer that lets Java apps load drivers, run queries, and fetch results fast in @arrow.apache.org format. Read the new blog post from @ian.columnar.tech and David Li for examples and perf comparisons vs. JDBC. Link in comments👇
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ADBC drivers in #Java? Yes. The latest release of ADBC adds a JNI layer that lets Java apps load drivers, run queries, and fetch results fast in @arrow.apache.org format. Read the new blog post from @ian.columnar.tech and David Li for examples and perf comparisons vs. JDBC. Link in comments👇
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this is 1. incredible and 2. basically a silversun pickups song
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
this is 1. incredible and 2. basically a silversun pickups song
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Hanami 2.3 is out! This is a fantastic release, with improvements all across the stack, but the thing I’m most proud of is the whopping THIRTY TWO Rubyists who’ve chosen to contribute and make Hanami better. Thank you everyone! 🥰
🌸 Hanami 2.3 is here, and it’s racked and ready!
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
This is our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org/blog/2025/11...
Hanami 2.3: Racked and Ready
Our biggest release yet. Rack 3, resource routes, and so much more.
hanamirb.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hanami 2.3 is out! This is a fantastic release, with improvements all across the stack, but the thing I’m most proud of is the whopping THIRTY TWO Rubyists who’ve chosen to contribute and make Hanami better. Thank you everyone! 🥰
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Here is a nice examination of the benefits of building new systems using the extensibility of @apachedatafusion.bsky.social vs other systems. www.bauplanlabs.com/post/duck-hu...
Duck Hunt: moving Bauplan from DuckDB to DataFusion
Bauplan's journey from DuckDB to Apache DataFusion: how switching SQL engines doubled query performance on Iceberg lakehouses while enabling greater hackability
www.bauplanlabs.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Here is a nice examination of the benefits of building new systems using the extensibility of @apachedatafusion.bsky.social vs other systems. www.bauplanlabs.com/post/duck-hu...
addr.tools is so good, more people should know about it
addr.tools
addr.tools
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
addr.tools is so good, more people should know about it
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From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
This @posit.co::conf(2025) talk is everything: "The geospatial suite for Arrow is relatively new...so this is a PSA that it exists and it's really powerful and impressive. I actually also found it very easy to use...and I didn't really have much trouble learning it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHyg...
Make Big Geospatial Data Accessible with Arrow (Cari Gostic, Sonoma Technology) | posit::conf(2025)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This @posit.co::conf(2025) talk is everything: "The geospatial suite for Arrow is relatively new...so this is a PSA that it exists and it's really powerful and impressive. I actually also found it very easy to use...and I didn't really have much trouble learning it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHyg...
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"if you want to go fast, go alone; If you want to go far, go together"
New Apache Parquet Community page is up: parquet.apache.org/community/
New Apache Parquet Community page is up: parquet.apache.org/community/
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"if you want to go fast, go alone; If you want to go far, go together"
New Apache Parquet Community page is up: parquet.apache.org/community/
New Apache Parquet Community page is up: parquet.apache.org/community/
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We’re excited to announce the release of {arrow} 22.0.0 🏹📦 Here’s a roundup of the new features and changes, in a 🧵 Full details can be found at arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news/ #rstats
Changelog
arrow.apache.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We’re excited to announce the release of {arrow} 22.0.0 🏹📦 Here’s a roundup of the new features and changes, in a 🧵 Full details can be found at arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news/ #rstats
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Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !
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Nobody thinks about all of the visual representations of survivorship bias that didn't become popular.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nobody thinks about all of the visual representations of survivorship bias that didn't become popular.
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A new startup, @columnar.tech, looks to streamline the copying of tabular data across systems, using @arrow.apache.org and the ADBC API.
By @joabj.bsky.social
By @joabj.bsky.social
Apache Arrow's Final Frontier: Replacing Outdated Database Drivers
A new startup, Columnar, looks to streamline the copying of tabular data across systems, using Apache Arrow and the ADBC API.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A new startup, @columnar.tech, looks to streamline the copying of tabular data across systems, using @arrow.apache.org and the ADBC API.
By @joabj.bsky.social
By @joabj.bsky.social
Watching some of the most talented open source maintainers I know unknowingly review AI slop PRs makes me really sad. I wish we had better tools on GitHub for detection.
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Watching some of the most talented open source maintainers I know unknowingly review AI slop PRs makes me really sad. I wish we had better tools on GitHub for detection.
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This trick‑or‑treat season brings a new treat: we’ve released Apache Arrow 22.0.0! Read the announcement details here:
arrow.apache.org/blog/2025/10...
arrow.apache.org/blog/2025/10...
Apache Arrow 22.0.0 Release
The Apache Arrow team is pleased to announce the 22.0.0 release. This release covers over 3 months of development work and includes 213 resolved issues on 255 distinct commits from 60 distinct contrib...
arrow.apache.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This trick‑or‑treat season brings a new treat: we’ve released Apache Arrow 22.0.0! Read the announcement details here:
arrow.apache.org/blog/2025/10...
arrow.apache.org/blog/2025/10...
We're cooking up a lot of great stuff, check out our announcement to learn more. I've been really lucky to get to work on Arrow the last few years and even luckier to get to keep doing that!
The future of data connectivity is columnar. Today we launched
@columnar.tech to accelerate the shift from slow, row-oriented APIs like ODBC and JDBC to >10x faster alternatives powered by @arrow.apache.org. Learn more 👇
@columnar.tech to accelerate the shift from slow, row-oriented APIs like ODBC and JDBC to >10x faster alternatives powered by @arrow.apache.org. Learn more 👇
Announcing Columnar
Back to the future of data connectivity
columnar.tech
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We're cooking up a lot of great stuff, check out our announcement to learn more. I've been really lucky to get to work on Arrow the last few years and even luckier to get to keep doing that!