Definitely not opposed to that, although I’ll need to do some more research to ask intelligent questions. :)
FYI, here’s my availability when y’all are ready: https://amazon.zoom.us/zbook/rich-bowen/30-mins-with-rich > On Jun 15, 2026, at 12:58 PM, Bhargava Vadlamani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Rich , > > Thank you for reaching out. I am an ardent listener of the podcast and would > love to see Datafusion being featured on it. > One thought I’ve had specifically with Datafusion ecosystem is that we have a > several different projects (DF, Comet , Ballista etc) in the ecosystem which > might warrant more than a single session (if that is possible). > > Thank you > Bhargava Vadlamani > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM 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] > >>> > >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
