For everyone interested in data infra, want to get a quick sense of how big data works, how data systems are designed, and what the tradeoffs are, start with this share from @xiangpeng.systems, really nice intro! intro-data-system.xiangpeng.systems
Xuanwo
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ASF Member. Apache OpenDAL PMC Chair. VISION: Data Freedom. Working on #RBIR. More: https://bento.me/xuanwo
I'm happy to announce that @apache.org has refined its release policy, clarifying that expedited releases are permitted in certain circumstances. Let's bring more good changes🥰
@xiangpeng.systems shared a great post about system researchers. I wrote a comment on it and would like to share some thoughts here and offer complementary ideas. In short: build paper with open source. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
I shared a post about mcp-server-opendal along with a simple explanation of what the Model Context Protocol is. Post: xuanwo.io/links/2025/0... Repo: github.com/Xuanwo/mcp-s...
opendal.apache.org/blog/2025/03... Apache OpenDAL 2025 Roadmap: Perfecting Production Adoption
Apache OpenDAL 2025 Roadmap: Perfecting Production Adoption | Apache OpenDAL™
Hi everyone, long time no see. Although we have been actively developing OpenDAL and consistently releasing updates, we haven’t provided a clear overview of where OpenDAL is heading. This post aims to...
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Archlinux announced that they will remove the deprecated repository and now it effected. Please go check your /etc/pacman.conf and remove the section that is deprecated. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
With @andrewlamb1111.bsky.social 's help, I assisted the Arrow Rust community in releasing Arrow Rust 54.2.1 within six hours. I shared what I learned during this process, which I believe could benefit other ASF projects in handling similar cases. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
Happy to read zlib-rs is faster than C from @trifectatech.bsky.social. I read that post and took some notes on SIMD instructions and DFA jump threading. Feel free to check them out! xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
The AWS S3 SDK breaks its compatible services by enforcing integrity checksums. This reminds me of another key advantage of Apache OpenDAL: it's not controlled by any storage vendor. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
Chris Riccomini (@chris.blue) shares his thoughts on Open Source foundations: Apache, CNCF, Commonhaus. He also explains why Commonhaus is a better fit for SlateDB cnr.sh/posts/compar...
Comparing Apache, CNCF, and Commonhaus | cnr.sh
I've used open source projects for over 30 years and contributed for about 20 of those. My first interaction with an open source foundation was with Apache when I began working with Apache Hadoop ...
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I am happy to announce the release of BackON v1.4.0. BackON has been used by 1.1k projects on github, and been downloaded for 20k times per day. Really nice! xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
Really appreciate @github.com and @glich.stream 's help with OpenDAL's GHAC service migration. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
duckdb is the best TPC data generator! Don't bother building dsdgen—just use @duckdb.org instead. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
Personal software has been trending recently. I enjoyed reading @leerob.com's "personal software" and @edmarferreira.bsky.social 's "selfish software". Hope you enjoy them too! xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
"Cloud virtualization: Red Hat, AWS Firecracker, and Ubicloud internals" provides a great conclusion to cloud virtualization in the 2020s. Reading this post will give you a good understanding of the current state of cloud virtualization. Highly recommended. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
I decided to follow @simonwillison.net's approach to creating a link blog, where I can share interesting links I find on the internet along with my own comments and thoughts about them. xuanwo.io/links/2025/0...
Build a link blog
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Maybe we can build a tool based on opendal to find the best object storage key pattern for given storage services? github.com/apache/opend...
I haven't found a practical use for the infinite spinning wheel, but the act of spinning it makes me happy. I could spin it all day long!
Xuanwo@xuanwo.io · 2y agoSpinning!
The next version of OpenDAL will be "v0.51.1 - Look, a New Day Has Begun," a famous line from Cats Musical. Hoping you all find happiness in the coming new year ❤️ github.com/apache/opend...
discuss: prepare release for "v0.51.1 - Look, a new day has begun" · apache opendal · Discussion #5470
Dear Apache OpenDAL community, I will serve as the release manager for v0.51.1. This release will fix #5469 Please let me know if you have any questions about this version. For this release, I woul...
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Fewer commits than last year, but there was more collaboration within the community. The happiest moment for me this year was being elected as an iceberg committer and starting iceberg-rust together with liurenjie1024. Next year will bring more RBIR projects—let's keep moving!
New Post: A letter to open-source maintainers Hoping maintainers can find happiness in open source. xuanwo.io/2024/10-a-le...
A letter to open-source maintainers
An infrastructure engineer, focused on distributed storage system
xuanwo.io
The things that inspire me to keep contributing to OpenDAL. Thank you, kind strangers!
