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Jorin @jorin.me · 10/08/2026

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

Why is Shaper's Single Sign-On Feature Open Source?

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Jorin @jorin.me · 07/08/2026

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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 · 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 · 14/07/2026

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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/...

Jorin @jorin.me · 26/05/2026

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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.

Jorin @jorin.me · 28/05/2026

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

Jorin @jorin.me · 28/05/2026

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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 · 25/05/2026

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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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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...

Jorin @jorin.me · 15/05/2026

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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

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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Taleshape @taleshape.com · 07/05/2026

We updated our handle: Taleshape is now @taleshape.com on BlueSky.

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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...

Jorin @jorin.me · 01/05/2026

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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 · 29/04/2026

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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

Jorin @jorin.me · 16/04/2026

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Did you know that with @duckdb.org you can directly query your database schema? When you combine this with considerate comments on your tables and columns it becomes a powerful tool to build agents and other systems that dynamically discover and learn to use your data.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 15/04/2026

I built a Slack data analytics agent on top of @taleshape.bsky.social. The agent answers your questions and uses our new API to directly send charts, Excel files or PDF reports into Slack. taleshape.com/blog/build-y...

Build Your Own Data Analytics Slack Agent With Shaper

Learn how to build a custom Slack AI agent for data analytics using Shaper to generate charts, Excel files, and PDF reports directly from SQL.

Jorin @jorin.me · 31/03/2026

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I set up a minimal self-hosted data lake platform with DuckDB, DuckLake and @taleshape.bsky.social. The whole setup is a single docker compose file that covers all basic data needs from ingest and storage to transform and visualization: taleshape.com/blog/simple-...

Self-hosted Data Lake Platform with DuckDB, DuckLake and Shaper

Learn how to build a simple data lake platform that scales from $5 VM to petabytes of data with DuckDB, DuckLake and Shaper

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Alexander Reelsen @spinscale.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Shaper - a a duckdb powered dashboarding tool Interesting approach of extending SQL with dashboarding instructions. Slight difference to evidence with using SQL in markdown and then custom tags. taleshape.com/shaper/docs/

Shaper is an open source, minimal data platform to create analytics dashboards and embed them into your software.

Welcome to Shaper

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Jorin @jorin.me · 28/03/2026

Today @taleshape.bsky.social launched on Uneed and people seem to like it 👀 If you have a minute, I am happy about your support 🙏 www.uneed.best/tool/taleshape

Jorin @jorin.me · 24/03/2026

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@taleshape.bsky.social now offers hosting + support for Shaper! Fully-managed, On-Premise BI with White-Labeling for 150/month anyone? I am happy about any feedback🙏 And if you can think of any company that might be interested in code-first embedded analytics powered by DuckDB, please reach out 👀

Jorin @jorin.me · 22/03/2026

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I haven't updated my personal blog since starting @taleshape.bsky.social so I used that as a chance to give an update on why I am building Taleshape and where things stand right now: jorin.me/building-tal... Also: I am always happy about any ideas on where to take Taleshape next 🙏

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Building Taleshape — jorin.me

Building a business as independent developer around an open source data visualization tool

Jorin @jorin.me · 12/03/2026

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On that note, we are currently experimenting with AI agents using @taleshape.bsky.social to run SQL and generate charts. I see the strength of Shaper's SQL approach in how transparent + auditable everything is. Reviewing SQL is much more doable than JSON definitions or even completely custom code.

Jorin @jorin.me · 12/03/2026

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My biggest recap from FOSSASIA this year: It's all AI now. I felt a stark contrast to last year that basically every talk is about AI. No one writing code by hand is already old news. And now everyone is automating all their processes with agents. It's a wild time to build a software product!

Jorin @jorin.me · 27/02/2026

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What's cool is not only this new feature itself, but that I didn't built it: You can now download @taleshape.bsky.social tables directly as CSV. Last week Shaper got attention on HN and now people start to actively contributing and making it better for everyone. That's why Shaper is open source 💙

Jorin @jorin.me · 25/02/2026

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@taleshape.bsky.social now has "watermarks" for chart download to make it easy for your customers to credit you. One of the companies I work with integrated Shaper into their product. And now their customers use various dashboards regularly as part of their daily work. 1/2

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Jorin @jorin.me · 18/02/2026

Got curious why there is a sudden spike in github stars and turns out someone posted @taleshape.bsky.social on HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4705...

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A DuckDB-based metabase alternative | Hacker News

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Jorin @jorin.me · 03/02/2026

I couldn't imagine a better fit than DuckDB for @taleshape.bsky.social: Shaper is all about using SQL to build data visualizations and sharing them. There are many databases, but DuckDB and its powerful extension system allow Shaper to query many different data sources, all from a single binary.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 30/01/2026

I sometimes forget that @taleshape.bsky.social supports dark mode:

Jorin @jorin.me · 29/01/2026

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@taleshape.bsky.social is open source for one reason: I am building the tool I wish I had. I don't want to keep user data in-house and not bother with regulations. And I never want to worry about integrating analytics too deeply into our product because the vendor might some day raise prices.

Jorin @jorin.me · 20/01/2026

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Have you seen @taleshape.bsky.social's file-based workflow? Use your favorite text editor to build dashboards all in SQL! Easier to show than explain. Here is short demo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHYv... (also: my first youtube video! will keep practicing 🙏)

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Build Analytics Dashboards in SQL Using Your Editor of Choice | Shaper

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Jorin @jorin.me · 15/01/2026

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I will be speaking at FOSSASIA this year to show how to quickly visualize data entirely in SQL using Shaper and DuckDB! I had a great time as participant last year: Great energy and many interesting conversations about what everyone is building in open source - in Asia and around the globe.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 08/01/2026

Bar and Line Charts, Tables, Text, Gauges, Boxplots, Filters, PDF, CSV, Excel, Pie and Donut Charts - @taleshape.bsky.social starts to have a lot of features! I just created a demo board that shows how to use them all: (link in comment)

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Jorin @jorin.me · 06/01/2026

New Year, New Features! 🍰🍩 @taleshape.bsky.social now has Pie and Donut Charts for when your dashboard needs some more colors. And big Thank You to James for contributing this feature: github.com/taleshape-co... It's beautiful seeing the magic of open source collaboration🙏

Jorin @jorin.me · 22/12/2025

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- Use Shaper to share visualizations and curated datasets while using "chat with your data" tools for data exploration. - Use Shaper together with AI agents to automatically generate dashboards. - Use Shaper if you want control over your data and avoid vendor lock-in.

Jorin @jorin.me · 22/12/2025

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The BI tooling market is changing rapidly: Lots of consolidations around data platforms + AI tools replacing traditional BI dashboards. So why bother building @taleshape.bsky.social? Shaper is open-source, SQL-driven, focused on embedded analytics + data sharing: 1/2 github.com/taleshape-co...

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GitHub - taleshape-com/shaper: Build Data Dashboards all in SQL. Powered by DuckDB.

Build Data Dashboards all in SQL. Powered by DuckDB. - taleshape-com/shaper

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Jorin @jorin.me · 19/12/2025

@taleshape.bsky.social is essentially a DuckDB wrapper to visualize + share data. And I am more excited than ever about @duckdb.org. I just want to do everything in SQL: Data ingest + transform, data viz + automation. The ease of using DuckDB. The extension system. AI agents for writing SQL.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 11/12/2025

Together with Shaper's new File-based Workflow we introduced the shaper-bin PyPi. Live-previewing dashboards right from your own editor is as simple as: $ pipx run shaper-bin dev

Jorin @jorin.me · 09/12/2025

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Shaper now deploys dashboards directly from SQL files and live-previews changes. $ shaper dev Build analytics dashboards: - using your favorite editor + LLM - version controlled in Git - with pull requests + code reviews - integrated into your CI/CD pipeline taleshape.com/blog/analyti...

Analytics Dashboards as Code

Build and deploy SQL-based dashboards from files using Shaper

Jorin @jorin.me · 05/12/2025

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Added "Copy Markdown" buttons to the @taleshape.bsky.social docs. More AI support coming very soon 🙏

Jorin @jorin.me · 21/11/2025

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Teaser: File-based Workflow for @taleshape.bsky.social coming soon ✨ Edit SQL file in your favorite editor and live-preview dashboard changes. Once this is ready you can track dashboards in Git, and use your own editor with all its AI features to build dashboards.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 18/11/2025

Who would have thought Box Plots are this popular! Less than 24h after release I already saw people using them for: - Visualizing medical scores - Debugging audio translation quality - Monitoring urban mobility data

Jorin @jorin.me · 17/11/2025

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My favorite part about @taleshape.bsky.social Box Plots: You can define what what to show when hovering an outlier data point to make it directly actionable.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 17/11/2025

Box Plots just shipped in @taleshape.bsky.social: Quickly visualize data distributions with a single line of SQL. Thanks to @duckdb.org macros you just type "BOXPLOT(my_value)" to calculate all statistics - including outliers. Give it a try: github.com/taleshape-co...

Jorin @jorin.me · 23/10/2025

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Did you know that you can download @taleshape.bsky.social dashboards as PDF? Thanks to chromedp we can generate PDFs server-side, in the same Docker image. Thanks @mvdan.cc! Means you get consistent PDF files - even on mobile or using an unusual browser.

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Jorin @jorin.me · 16/10/2025

Every company is a data company, but most don't know where to start. I just published a new blog post on how to get started building data capabilities at your company, one step at a time. Curious to hear your thoughts! taleshape.com/blog/getting...