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Blog

How Parquet Compaction Works in Arc (and Why It Runs in a Subprocess)

How Parquet Compaction Works in Arc (and Why It Runs in a Subprocess)

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Apr 16, 2026·6 min

Arc on ClickBench: StarRocks. This One Depends on the Machine.

Arc on ClickBench: StarRocks. This One Depends on the Machine.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Apr 14, 2026·9 min

Arc Output Plugin for Redpanda Connect: Stream Any Source into Arc

Arc Output Plugin for Redpanda Connect: Stream Any Source into Arc

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Apr 13, 2026·6 min

Arc on ClickBench: CrateDB. 50x on Ingestion, Not Close on Analytics.

Arc on ClickBench: CrateDB. 50x on Ingestion, Not Close on Analytics.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Apr 7, 2026·8 min

Arc on ClickBench: Elasticsearch. This One Isn't Close Either.

Arc on ClickBench: Elasticsearch. This One Isn't Close Either.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 31, 2026·6 min

Arc 26.03.2 — Critical Compaction Fix

Arc 26.03.2 — Critical Compaction Fix

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 27, 2026·2 min

Arc Now Speaks TLE: Ingest Satellite Orbital Data Natively

Arc Now Speaks TLE: Ingest Satellite Orbital Data Natively

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 26, 2026·4 min

Arc on ClickBench: InfluxDB Isn't On It. So We Benchmarked What Powers It.

Arc on ClickBench: InfluxDB Isn't On It. So We Benchmarked What Powers It.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 24, 2026·8 min

Arc on ClickBench: TimescaleDB. It's Not Close.

Arc on ClickBench: TimescaleDB. It's Not Close.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 17, 2026·6 min

Arc on ClickBench: We Ran True Cold Runs. Arc Won.

Arc on ClickBench: We Ran True Cold Runs. Arc Won.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 10, 2026·7 min

We Forked Our Serialization Library. It Was 21% Slower Than It Needed to Be.

We Forked Our Serialization Library. It Was 21% Slower Than It Needed to Be.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Mar 5, 2026·9 min

I Let an AI Agent Run My Social Media for 3 Days. Arc Remembered Everything.

I Let an AI Agent Run My Social Media for 3 Days. Arc Remembered Everything.

Ignacio Van Droogenbroeck·Feb 9, 2026·6 min

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