That is a great idea, Kumar. I think having people to speak about what they are doing / building with DataFusion would actually be even more helpful as an ongoing series, rather than as a one off podcast interview. We have some examples from various Datafusion meetups but they are sort of spread around and not ongoing.
I will try and get a separate conversation started on this. Andrew On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM Kumar Ujjawal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > It would be great to have some kind of discussion exploring what people > are building with Datafusion, so anyone new listening can get the idea of > production ready applications they can build. > > > Have a nice day > Kumar Ujjawal > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 at 3:49 AM, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not in a hurry. The week after next I'm in NYC for the UN open source >> week. (I could presumably do a recording while I'm there but I'd need to >> plan ahead and take my gear.) >> >> Whatever works for y'all is fine with me. >> >> Rich >> >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 18:16 Tim Saucer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I would certainly be happy to join but if you’re looking to do this very >> > soon I will be traveling the next few weeks. Otherwise I’d be happy to >> > discuss the new skill based workflows in DataFusion-python and the >> exciting >> > work we’ve done recently. >> > >> > Best, >> > Tim >> > >> > > On Jun 13, 2026, at 6:03 PM, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > Excellent. >> > > >> > > I'm East Coast US time zone. It looks like Monday and Tuesday next >> week >> > > are wide open. I have an 11am on Monday and a 12 noon on Tuesday. >> > Anything >> > > work well for you those days? >> > > >> > > I record on Google Meet and I expect we'd need an hour to get it done. >> > > >> > > Or do you need a few days to find other possible participants? >> > > >> > > Rich >> > > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 13:48 Andrew Lamb <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Thanks Rich -- that sounds like a great opportunity. >> > >> >> > >> I would be more than happy to participate in such an episode. In >> > >> particular, I would love to discuss the "query engine as a library" >> > >> philosophy, fostering a community to build such a thing, and how it >> may >> > >> play out as LLMs/AI coding tools explode the number of customized >> data >> > >> systems >> > >> >> > >> I think there are many other people in the community who likely have >> > >> interesting perspectives too that I would love to hear from -- so >> > perhaps >> > >> others could chime in here as well >> > >> >> > >> Andrew >> > >> >> > >>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> Hi DataFusion community, >> > >>> >> > >>> Congratulations on the v54.0 release, the new Java bindings, and >> > >>> what looks like a remarkable growth trajectory. >> > >>> >> > >>> I'd love to do a PlusOne episode with someone from your community. >> > >>> The conversation could touch on any of several angles -- the >> > >>> "query engine as a library" philosophy, the expansion into Java >> > >>> and Python ecosystems, the LLM agent skills work, or what it's >> > >>> like to build community around infrastructure that's often >> > >>> invisible to end users. But I'm open to whatever direction is >> > >>> most interesting to you. >> > >>> >> > >>> PlusOne (formerly known as Feathercast) is the ASF's official >> interview >> > >>> series, part of Apache Marketing & Publicity. Each episode is a >> short >> > >>> (15-20 min) conversation with someone from an Apache project >> community >> > >>> about what they're working on and how people can get involved. Past >> > >>> episodes are at https://plusone.apache.org/ and the video versions >> > >>> are on the ASF YouTube channel: >> > >>> >> > >> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2OcwpQkYCzs8261KxC4BoB2ptHJyMQt >> > >>> >> > >>> If anyone is interested in being a guest, please reply here or >> > >>> drop me a note at [email protected]. I'm happy to work around >> > >>> your schedule. >> > >>> >> > >>> Thanks, >> > >>> Rich >> > >>> >> > >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >
