Taleshape
@taleshape.bsky.social
https://taleshape.com/
Analytics Built Into Your Product
Analytics Built Into Your Product
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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
Live-previewing dashboards right from your own editor is as simple as:
$ pipx run shaper-bin dev
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...
$ 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
taleshape.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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
Live-previewing dashboards right from your own editor is as simple as:
$ pipx run shaper-bin dev
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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...
$ 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
taleshape.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
$ 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...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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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.
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.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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.
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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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
Less than 24h after release I already saw people using them for:
- Visualizing medical scores
- Debugging audio translation quality
- Monitoring urban mobility data
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...
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...
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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
Less than 24h after release I already saw people using them for:
- Visualizing medical scores
- Debugging audio translation quality
- Monitoring urban mobility data
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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.
You can define what what to show when hovering an outlier data point to make it directly actionable.
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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.
You can define what what to show when hovering an outlier data point to make it directly actionable.
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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...
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...
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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...
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...
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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.
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.
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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.
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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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...
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...
Getting Started Building a Data Platform
Every company is a data company, but most don't know where to start.
taleshape.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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...
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...
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Fivetran buys DBT. Just after they bought SQLMesh. What now?
Ignore what they say. Judge them by their actions:
There is only one way to look at it when you buy the two leading open source data transform tools - A move to establish control over a critical layer of the data stack.
Ignore what they say. Judge them by their actions:
There is only one way to look at it when you buy the two leading open source data transform tools - A move to establish control over a critical layer of the data stack.
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Fivetran buys DBT. Just after they bought SQLMesh. What now?
Ignore what they say. Judge them by their actions:
There is only one way to look at it when you buy the two leading open source data transform tools - A move to establish control over a critical layer of the data stack.
Ignore what they say. Judge them by their actions:
There is only one way to look at it when you buy the two leading open source data transform tools - A move to establish control over a critical layer of the data stack.
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Do you prefer light or dark theme for your dashboards?
Shaper supports both:
taleshape.com/shaper/docs/
Shaper supports both:
taleshape.com/shaper/docs/
October 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Do you prefer light or dark theme for your dashboards?
Shaper supports both:
taleshape.com/shaper/docs/
Shaper supports both:
taleshape.com/shaper/docs/
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At Taleshape we challenge how you think about data dashboards:
Dashboards are not for telling stories.
Dashboards are not for exploration.
Dashboards get the right data to the right person at the right time.
github.com/taleshape-co...
Dashboards are not for telling stories.
Dashboards are not for exploration.
Dashboards get the right data to the right person at the right time.
github.com/taleshape-co...
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
github.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
At Taleshape we challenge how you think about data dashboards:
Dashboards are not for telling stories.
Dashboards are not for exploration.
Dashboards get the right data to the right person at the right time.
github.com/taleshape-co...
Dashboards are not for telling stories.
Dashboards are not for exploration.
Dashboards get the right data to the right person at the right time.
github.com/taleshape-co...
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With @taleshape.bsky.social chart annotations are just another SQL query:
You can load calendar events or goal lines from any data source and display them in your charts.
And not only chart annotations - any text, label or dropdown in Shaper can be generated dynamically.
You can load calendar events or goal lines from any data source and display them in your charts.
And not only chart annotations - any text, label or dropdown in Shaper can be generated dynamically.
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
With @taleshape.bsky.social chart annotations are just another SQL query:
You can load calendar events or goal lines from any data source and display them in your charts.
And not only chart annotations - any text, label or dropdown in Shaper can be generated dynamically.
You can load calendar events or goal lines from any data source and display them in your charts.
And not only chart annotations - any text, label or dropdown in Shaper can be generated dynamically.
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Open Source won.
At least that’s what where my bet is.
Open source is resilient.
Open source is adaptable.
I myself wouldn’t bet my company on a 3rd-party vendor when making fundamental technology choices.
So of course my own product also has to be open source:
github.com/taleshape-co...
At least that’s what where my bet is.
Open source is resilient.
Open source is adaptable.
I myself wouldn’t bet my company on a 3rd-party vendor when making fundamental technology choices.
So of course my own product also has to be open source:
github.com/taleshape-co...
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
github.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Open Source won.
At least that’s what where my bet is.
Open source is resilient.
Open source is adaptable.
I myself wouldn’t bet my company on a 3rd-party vendor when making fundamental technology choices.
So of course my own product also has to be open source:
github.com/taleshape-co...
At least that’s what where my bet is.
Open source is resilient.
Open source is adaptable.
I myself wouldn’t bet my company on a 3rd-party vendor when making fundamental technology choices.
So of course my own product also has to be open source:
github.com/taleshape-co...
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The most underrated DuckDB extension:
duckdb.org/community_ex...
I am already using it to:
- Fetch data from APIs
- Send emails
- Trigger Slack notifications
Thank you for this @qxip.bsky.social 🙏
duckdb.org/community_ex...
I am already using it to:
- Fetch data from APIs
- Send emails
- Trigger Slack notifications
Thank you for this @qxip.bsky.social 🙏
http_client
DuckDB Community Extensions DuckDB HTTP Client Extension
duckdb.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The most underrated DuckDB extension:
duckdb.org/community_ex...
I am already using it to:
- Fetch data from APIs
- Send emails
- Trigger Slack notifications
Thank you for this @qxip.bsky.social 🙏
duckdb.org/community_ex...
I am already using it to:
- Fetch data from APIs
- Send emails
- Trigger Slack notifications
Thank you for this @qxip.bsky.social 🙏
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This podcast changed my understanding of ETL
and how DuckDB Airport has the potential to fundamentally change what data pipelines look like.
What if instead of needing a separate system to load data you query any external data source like just another SQL table?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngR...
and how DuckDB Airport has the potential to fundamentally change what data pipelines look like.
What if instead of needing a separate system to load data you query any external data source like just another SQL table?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngR...
DuckDB, Apache Arrow, & the Future of Data Engineering w/ Rusty Conover | S2E3
YouTube video by The Hedgineer Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This podcast changed my understanding of ETL
and how DuckDB Airport has the potential to fundamentally change what data pipelines look like.
What if instead of needing a separate system to load data you query any external data source like just another SQL table?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngR...
and how DuckDB Airport has the potential to fundamentally change what data pipelines look like.
What if instead of needing a separate system to load data you query any external data source like just another SQL table?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngR...
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Today seems like a good day to emphasize that @taleshape.bsky.social is open source and runs on any hosting provider.
Code-driven data dashboards and embedded analytics without vendor lock-in or platform risk.
Code-driven data dashboards and embedded analytics without vendor lock-in or platform risk.
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Today seems like a good day to emphasize that @taleshape.bsky.social is open source and runs on any hosting provider.
Code-driven data dashboards and embedded analytics without vendor lock-in or platform risk.
Code-driven data dashboards and embedded analytics without vendor lock-in or platform risk.
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Updated the @taleshape.bsky.social website:
Before:
- Overview tried to cover everything.
Now:
- Overview: Demo + Features (what)
- About: Background (who & why)
- System Architecture: Tech (how)
Before:
- Overview tried to cover everything.
Now:
- Overview: Demo + Features (what)
- About: Background (who & why)
- System Architecture: Tech (how)
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Updated the @taleshape.bsky.social website:
Before:
- Overview tried to cover everything.
Now:
- Overview: Demo + Features (what)
- About: Background (who & why)
- System Architecture: Tech (how)
Before:
- Overview tried to cover everything.
Now:
- Overview: Demo + Features (what)
- About: Background (who & why)
- System Architecture: Tech (how)
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CREATE TEMP TABLE and getvariable() are my favorite DuckDB features.
Thanks to this DuckDB is a natural fit for interactive data dashboards.
Temporary tables allow you to define datasets once and reuse them across a dashboard.
Variables make defining dynamic data filters intuitive.
Thanks to this DuckDB is a natural fit for interactive data dashboards.
Temporary tables allow you to define datasets once and reuse them across a dashboard.
Variables make defining dynamic data filters intuitive.
September 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
CREATE TEMP TABLE and getvariable() are my favorite DuckDB features.
Thanks to this DuckDB is a natural fit for interactive data dashboards.
Temporary tables allow you to define datasets once and reuse them across a dashboard.
Variables make defining dynamic data filters intuitive.
Thanks to this DuckDB is a natural fit for interactive data dashboards.
Temporary tables allow you to define datasets once and reuse them across a dashboard.
Variables make defining dynamic data filters intuitive.
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I would probably never have built a data visualisation tool if I knew before how much math it takes.
Somehow I imagined charting libraries handle it all.
But here I am coming up with algorithms and magic numbers to properly format chart legends and labels no matter what data you throw at Shaper.
Somehow I imagined charting libraries handle it all.
But here I am coming up with algorithms and magic numbers to properly format chart legends and labels no matter what data you throw at Shaper.
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I would probably never have built a data visualisation tool if I knew before how much math it takes.
Somehow I imagined charting libraries handle it all.
But here I am coming up with algorithms and magic numbers to properly format chart legends and labels no matter what data you throw at Shaper.
Somehow I imagined charting libraries handle it all.
But here I am coming up with algorithms and magic numbers to properly format chart legends and labels no matter what data you throw at Shaper.
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Why did I decide to build an embedded analytics product?
I was setting up a data platform for a client.
The scale and complexity of their data was trivial.
But they needed to be able to embed data dashboards into their application. And the solution had to run on premise.
1/2
I was setting up a data platform for a client.
The scale and complexity of their data was trivial.
But they needed to be able to embed data dashboards into their application. And the solution had to run on premise.
1/2
September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Why did I decide to build an embedded analytics product?
I was setting up a data platform for a client.
The scale and complexity of their data was trivial.
But they needed to be able to embed data dashboards into their application. And the solution had to run on premise.
1/2
I was setting up a data platform for a client.
The scale and complexity of their data was trivial.
But they needed to be able to embed data dashboards into their application. And the solution had to run on premise.
1/2
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I am all-in on @duckdb.org.
With Shaper you can build data dashboards all in SQL.
Powered by DuckDB.
Why DuckDB? Because of how much flexibility its simple design enables.
My customers use DuckDB extensions to query Postgres, Google Sheets and even trigger webhooks.
And we are just getting started.
With Shaper you can build data dashboards all in SQL.
Powered by DuckDB.
Why DuckDB? Because of how much flexibility its simple design enables.
My customers use DuckDB extensions to query Postgres, Google Sheets and even trigger webhooks.
And we are just getting started.
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I am all-in on @duckdb.org.
With Shaper you can build data dashboards all in SQL.
Powered by DuckDB.
Why DuckDB? Because of how much flexibility its simple design enables.
My customers use DuckDB extensions to query Postgres, Google Sheets and even trigger webhooks.
And we are just getting started.
With Shaper you can build data dashboards all in SQL.
Powered by DuckDB.
Why DuckDB? Because of how much flexibility its simple design enables.
My customers use DuckDB extensions to query Postgres, Google Sheets and even trigger webhooks.
And we are just getting started.
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Didn't expect @taleshape.bsky.social to be mentioned in the NATS newsletter!
But yes, Shaper makes heavy use of NATS to replicate @duckdb.org across multiple nodes, schedule tasks, buffer data ingestion and more.
But yes, Shaper makes heavy use of NATS to replicate @duckdb.org across multiple nodes, schedule tasks, buffer data ingestion and more.
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Didn't expect @taleshape.bsky.social to be mentioned in the NATS newsletter!
But yes, Shaper makes heavy use of NATS to replicate @duckdb.org across multiple nodes, schedule tasks, buffer data ingestion and more.
But yes, Shaper makes heavy use of NATS to replicate @duckdb.org across multiple nodes, schedule tasks, buffer data ingestion and more.
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This feedback is the reason I am building @taleshape.bsky.social:
I want to create dashboards by simply writing SQL.
And I want a tool that feels great to self-host.
#duckdb #dataengineering #datanalytics #sql
I want to create dashboards by simply writing SQL.
And I want a tool that feels great to self-host.
#duckdb #dataengineering #datanalytics #sql
September 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This feedback is the reason I am building @taleshape.bsky.social:
I want to create dashboards by simply writing SQL.
And I want a tool that feels great to self-host.
#duckdb #dataengineering #datanalytics #sql
I want to create dashboards by simply writing SQL.
And I want a tool that feels great to self-host.
#duckdb #dataengineering #datanalytics #sql
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Are you using Bluesky and want to stay on top of what’s happening?
Are you curious how you can use Shaper to pull data from APIs and build interactive dashboards, all in a single tool and with just SQL?
I created a little demo project:
taleshape.com/blog/build-y...
#databs #duckdb
Are you curious how you can use Shaper to pull data from APIs and build interactive dashboards, all in a single tool and with just SQL?
I created a little demo project:
taleshape.com/blog/build-y...
#databs #duckdb
Build Your Own Bluesky Analytics Dashboard
Learn how to use Shaper to pull posts data from the Bluesky API to track topics you are interested in, and create a data dashboard that visualizes activity around these topics.
taleshape.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Are you using Bluesky and want to stay on top of what’s happening?
Are you curious how you can use Shaper to pull data from APIs and build interactive dashboards, all in a single tool and with just SQL?
I created a little demo project:
taleshape.com/blog/build-y...
#databs #duckdb
Are you curious how you can use Shaper to pull data from APIs and build interactive dashboards, all in a single tool and with just SQL?
I created a little demo project:
taleshape.com/blog/build-y...
#databs #duckdb