Columnar Blog https://columnar.tech/blog/ News, updates, and insights from the Columnar team en-us Sat, 09 May 2026 17:35:54 GMT Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Announcing dbc 0.3.0 https://columnar.tech/blog/announcing-dbc-0.3.0/ https://columnar.tech/blog/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. Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stop paying the JSON tax https://columnar.tech/blog/stop-paying-the-json-tax/ https://columnar.tech/blog/stop-paying-the-json-tax/ Arrow-native database connectivity for Node.js Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Introducing Columnar Cookbook https://columnar.tech/blog/introducing-columnar-cookbook/ https://columnar.tech/blog/introducing-columnar-cookbook/ Recipes for database connectivity and data interchange with Arrow and ADBC Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT We built an ADBC interface for COBOL https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-cobol/ https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-cobol/ Modern database connectivity meets 1959. It fits better than it should. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Zero-copy, zero contest https://columnar.tech/blog/zero-copy-zero-contest/ https://columnar.tech/blog/zero-copy-zero-contest/ Comparing ADBC performance against the alternatives on two Arrow-native systems: BigQuery and DuckDB Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Deep Dive into ADBC Driver Optimization https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-driver-optimization-deep-dive/ https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-driver-optimization-deep-dive/ What it takes to achieve good performance across different data systems Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Announcing dbc 0.2.0 https://columnar.tech/blog/announcing-dbc-0.2.0/ https://columnar.tech/blog/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. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT 10 Predictions for Data Infrastructure in 2026 https://columnar.tech/blog/2026-predictions/ https://columnar.tech/blog/2026-predictions/ What we see coming in the year ahead Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Using ADBC in Java https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-java/ https://columnar.tech/blog/adbc-java/ New JNI bindings bring ADBC drivers to Java applications Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Announcing Columnar https://columnar.tech/blog/announcing-columnar/ https://columnar.tech/blog/announcing-columnar/ Back to the future of data connectivity Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Introducing dbc https://columnar.tech/blog/introducing-dbc/ https://columnar.tech/blog/introducing-dbc/ The command-line tool for installing and managing ADBC drivers Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT