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Jorin @jorin.me · 19/08/2026

Luckily we have many great tools nowadays to proactively detect potential threats. We already ensured that our dependencies don't introduce vulnerabilities, but now we also scan the code for other threats ranging from password leaks to SQL injection.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 19/08/2026

Shaper now runs a dedicated security pipeline for any code changes. Why? I am seeing too many reports of open source projects and companies having data breaches and other security issues lately. And my biggest nightmare is to wake up one day and see that this happened to any Shaper users. 1/2

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Jorin @jorin.me · 18/08/2026

I like it. UX feels like old Spotify. Has all the music I need. But mainly switched for ideologically reasons - prefer more money going to artists and less to warfare.

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 17/08/2026

Quack, quack! A DuckDB v2.0 preview is here! 🦆 In this post, #DuckDB co-creators Mark Raasveldt + @hannes.muehleisen.org preview the headline features of DuckDB v2.0 (expected to land this autumn): • DuckDB as a server • Triggers • async I/O • + more Dive into the deets: duckdb.org/2026/08/17/d...

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Jorin @jorin.me · 17/08/2026

looks great! wish it would work with Tidal 🙏

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Jorin @jorin.me · 14/08/2026

I spent most of my day in a single markdown file: It's my todo list. It's where I think through concepts. It's where I draft mails, Github issues and content. I have been doing this for years. But since coding agents, even coding is just copying over prompts into my terminal.

Jorin @jorin.me · 10/08/2026

We just added Single Sign-On functionality to Shaper. And we made it open source. Here is why. taleshape.com/blog/why-ope...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 05/08/2026

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🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Wow! DuckDB just surpassed 40k stars on GitHub. Thank you to everyone whose contributions, bugfixes, and – of course – stars made this milestone possible. 🦆✨ Here's (a very brief bit of) what’s happened since the last 10k-star milestone: duckdb.org/2026/08/05/g... Next stop: 50k. 💪🏽

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Jorin @jorin.me · 07/08/2026

More info in the docs here: taleshape.com/shaper/docs/...

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Jorin @jorin.me · 07/08/2026

New Shaper Feature: Single Sign-On Shaper now supports external user management with JWT-based SSO. No separate user login to manage. No password to remember. And it's open source and free to use. See it in action:

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Jorin @jorin.me · 05/08/2026

Did you know you can read 100s of books for completely free:

Jorin @jorin.me · 05/08/2026

Such a cool website! Love that we get to read all those classics for free 🙏 Downloaded a bunch of them already!

Jorin @jorin.me · 05/08/2026

One of the best things I did in 2026 so far is reading fiction again. Got an ereader. Downloaded a bunch of books and manga. This plus no more phone in the bedroom.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 28/07/2026

Shaper queries live data directly from @motherduck.com instead. Same as the other tools, Shaper is fully code-driven - when the dashboard definition changes in Git, it's are deployed automatically. Live dashboard: dbt.taleshape.cloud/view/j66rhu7... Code: github.com/jorinvo/fusi...

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Jorin @jorin.me · 28/07/2026

How does Shaper compare to other data visualization tools? @dataders.bsky.social built a cool project to compare 10+ code-based dashboarding tools. The project is completely code-based and processes data with DBT, then visualizes the results. Most of the tools directly generate static HTML. 1/2

Jorin @jorin.me · 28/07/2026

I like the idea of just deploying binaries and run them directly with SystemD, but in practice I always just run everything in Docker and let the Docker daemon handle it. Do you have anything you run on servers without containers?

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Jorin @jorin.me · 27/07/2026

All I need is to run a a few dozen docker containers, put a load balancer in front of it and automate deployments. Yes, Anisble, Coolify, Kamal, and friends exist. But a few lines of Bash does all I need. And working with shell scripts is surprising pleasant if you don't have to write them yourself.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 27/07/2026

The mountain of yaml files that comes with that is more bearable when Claude generates them for you. But that doesn't change the fact that you are managing multiple distributed systems before your app ever runs. 2/3

Jorin @jorin.me · 27/07/2026

2026 is the year of Bash. I am back to managing servers with shell scripts. Docker Swarm and Nomad are dead. It's all Kubernetes now. 1/3

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Just the other day I had Claude optimize my laptop's performance and battery usage - now I know what zram, tlp and thermald are.

And it's easier than ever to run Linux: 1. Valve/SteamOS do amazing work - especially for gaming. 2. AI completely changes how accessible it is to customize your setup and fix issues. 3. And so many great distros to choose from these days.

1. Windows and Mac keep adding bloat you don't want. 2. Hardware is changing fast and prices too. No better feeling than upgrading your own hardware. 3. You want to run containers and AI models at full performance. 2/3

Jorin @jorin.me · 14/07/2026

I am running Linux for over 10 years and it's never been a better time to give it a try: More reasons than ever to want more control over your setup: 1/3

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Added a new chart type to @taleshape.com: Scatter Plots This is how you define this chart in SQL: SELECT 'Session Durations'::LABEL; SELECT created_at::XAXIS, category::CATEGORY, duration::SCATTERPLOT, FROM dataset GROUP BY ALL ORDER BY ALL; Docs for more: taleshape.com/shaper/docs/...

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Jorin @jorin.me · 28/05/2026

And as always, defined directly in the SQL query. More in the docs: taleshape.com/shaper/docs/...

Jorin @jorin.me · 28/05/2026

New @aleshape.com Visualization Option: Confidence Bands Allows you to show a band for a line chart which is great to show extra statistical context (the confidence of a prediction, the spread of a distribution, etc) It's a nice middle ground between only show a line and showing a full Boxplot

Jorin @jorin.me · 26/05/2026

Did you know you can download @taleshape.com dashboards with SQL? Use Shaper's API to download PDFs, images, Excel files and so on. Call the API with the DuckDB http_client extensions from a Shaper task to post charts to Slack, email a weekly PDF report or automate anything else you can think of.

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It's not pretty but works. In the future I will add SQL functions similar to the macro to generate files without needing an API key. And I am thinking to create a generic DuckDB extension to send mail, slack messages and so. Can also generate png, excel, csv & json. Will dm you the code!

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Yeah, before you have to build your own wrapper with a small server and API. Now you can literally do this from the duckdb CLI. Pretty neat :)

Nice, so you basically use it to synchronize data between two duckdb instances without needing to build a custom API for it right?

I plan to add SQL functions to send mail and render files soon. If you are interested I am happy to send you a SQL snippet for your specific use case.

Yes, although it's a bit manual at the moment: You can use shaper tasks to run SQL in a schedule, then use the http_client duckdb extension to call shaper's own API to generate a PDF and then call an email API.

Jorin @jorin.me · 23/05/2026

what's your use case for quack?

Jorin @jorin.me · 22/05/2026

Skills for @taleshape.com are here: Use with Claude Code/Codex/Gemini to create dashboards quickly. With the skills the agent knows Shaper SQL, validates the create dashboard and gives you a preview URL once ready. More here: github.com/taleshape-co...

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Jorin @jorin.me · 15/05/2026

Coming soon: Shaper Skills. With all building blocks ready, we can now streamline building dashboards so all you have to do is tell what you want and review the results.

Jorin @jorin.me · 15/05/2026

You can already see how these commands are really helpful for an AI agents. Plus with tasks and setup scripts moving right next to your dashboard files agents can do even more on their own.

Jorin @jorin.me · 15/05/2026

The @taleshape.com CLI just got an upgrade 🚀️ New Commands: - fetch the database schema - validate a dashboard - open a preview in the browser Task Support: - Tasks a files: mytask.task.sql - Run task on startup: `SELECT 'init'::SCHEDULE;` 1/3

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Jorin @jorin.me · 07/05/2026

Last week I ran into a great use case for UNPIVOT: The dataset had the columns p25, p50, p75. But to visualize it with @taleshape.bsky.social we want to use the column name as CATEGORY and the column value as LINECHART. And UNPIVOT does exactly that in a single line of code.

Jorin @jorin.me · 07/05/2026

Did you know duckdb.org's UNPIVOT feature? You rarely need them but from time to time PIVOT and UNPIVOT really help to keep your SQL easy to read: PIVOT turns one row into multiple columns. UNPIVOT turns columns into multiple rows. 1/2

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Jorin @jorin.me · 07/05/2026

Just updated my Bluesky handle to @jorin.me If I would have known how simple it is, I would have done this from the beginning!

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Jorin @jorin.me · 06/05/2026

@taleshape.bsky.social Cloud is now in beta! The simplest way to start building dashboards and customer-facing analytics with Shaper. Let me know what you think: taleshape.com/plans-and-pr...

Tangled @tangled.org · 01/05/2026

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Combat LLM spam by building a web of trust. Vouching is live on Tangled! 🎭 blog.tangled.org/vouching/

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Jorin @jorin.me · 01/05/2026

The @taleshape.bsky.social docs now have live examples 📊 Examples are now embedded as live dashboards instead of only screenshots. With this you can also directly see the differences between light and dark mode:

Jorin @jorin.me · 30/04/2026

Is anyone else getting flooded with pull requests with numeric titles and cryptic descriptions in Chinese? I'll take it as a sign for @taleshape.bsky.social getting more popular 🙌

Jorin @jorin.me · 30/04/2026

and responding to generated pull requests with cryptic descriptions from anonymous accounts - fun!

Jorin @jorin.me · 29/04/2026

If you know someone that might be looking for one of the following I would love to get in touch: - Customer-facing analytics and data export functionality while ensuring data sovereignty - AI analytics agent without exposing PII - Automating individualized reporting

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Jorin @jorin.me · 29/04/2026

I have seen @taleshape.bsky.social provide the most value to companies in healthcare and other regulated industries. I like to double down on that and need your help: 1/2