Best of 2021

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2021. 176 posts.

Databases & Data
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Apache Arrow 4.0

The Apache Arrow team is pleased to announce the 4.0.0 release. This covers 3 months of development work and includes 711 resolved issues from 114 distinct contributors. See the Install Page to learn how to get the libraries for your platform. The release notes below are not exhaustive and only expose selected…

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Project Jupyter Celebrates 20 Years, Fernando Pérez Reflects on How It Started

Twenty years ago, UC Berkeley Associate Statistics Professor Fernando Pérez started one of the foundational tools for analyzing large amounts of data in a transparent and collaborative way. We spoke with Pérez about why he started this project, what challenges he’s faced and what to expect from him and Project Jupyter…