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Sep 4, 2026, 18:30·7 min read·#explain

How plugins can now inject their own parsers into Visual EXPLAIN

explain.tabularis.dev now reads SQL Server plans, and the parser does not live in the core. This is how @tabularis/explain got a parser registry, how a driver plugin ships its own parser as a bundle the app loads at runtime, and why the SQL Server plugin finally lands next week.

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Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jul 30, 2026, 08:52·10 min read

The Rust stack inside a ~15 MB installer

Two database stacks, several TLS verification paths, two SSH clients, a hand-written float16 decoder, and the vendored OpenSSL that refuses to leave: a guided tour of the fifty-odd top-level Rust dependencies behind Tabularis's compact installers — the other half of last week's Tauri story.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jul 27, 2026, 11:48·12 min read

Visual EXPLAIN beyond the app: one engine, multiple hosts

Visual EXPLAIN began inside the desktop app. Extracting it produced an npm package and an online visualiser, but also a public API, two release schedules, and a repository question I have not answered yet.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jul 22, 2026, 09:40·11 min read

Why I chose Tauri, and what it cost me

A database client is a systems program with a UI problem. That is why I chose Tauri over Electron and native. After six months and 64 releases, here is the part the framework comparison charts leave out.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 24, 2026, 09:00·14 min read

Database drivers as external processes

About three months ago I added support for plugin drivers outside the Tabularis process. External drivers are ordinary programs speaking JSON-RPC over stdin/stdout. This is a retrospective on why that design held up, where it leaked, and the credential bug hidden in a HashMap insert.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 10, 2026, 10:00·7 min read

Fable 5 Opened a 1,800-Line PR on Tabularis in 30 Minutes

A Tabularis dev experiment: we asked Fable 5 to add a CLI to the app and went to make coffee. We came back to a draft PR — 1,800 lines of Rust, 37 tests, a refactor we'd have done ourselves, and two pre-existing bugs quietly fixed.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Apr 23, 2026, 12:00·5 min read

SQL Server Driver: Looking for Contributors

Native Microsoft SQL Server as a built-in driver, now on the feat/sql-server branch as a read-only preview. Phase 2 is open and needs contributors for editing, TLS options and composite primary keys.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Apr 21, 2026, 12:00·15 min read

Your First Tabularis Driver in 20 Minutes: Google Sheets, Step by Step

A hands-on walkthrough of @tabularis/create-plugin and @tabularis/plugin-api — from an empty directory to a working Google Sheets driver with OAuth, custom connection form, and sheets-as-SQL tables.

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