DuckDB 1.5.0 Ships VARIANT Type, Built-In Geometry, and Overhauled CLI in Largest Release Since 1.0
DuckDB 1.5.0 introduces a VARIANT type that speeds JSON queries up to 100x, promotes GEOMETRY into core, overhauls the CLI, and delivers broad performance gains across more than 6,500 commits from nearly 100 contributors.
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