Announcing DuckDB 1.5.0

DuckDB v1.5.0 introduces major advancements, including a reworked CLI, support for the VARIANT type (with binary storage for enhanced compression and query performance), and the elevation of GEOMETRY to a native core type with automatic column shredding—reducing storage by up to 3x. Notable concurrency and aggregate optimizations yield a 17% TPC-H SF100 throughput boost and up to 40% faster aggregates.