perf(data): 880x faster loads via DuckDB C-API bulk extraction

- root cause: duckdb-swift's element(forColumn:at:) linearly rescans
  every chunk on every element access — O(rows x chunks); a 10M-row CSV
  load took 276 s
- DuckDBFastReader: pointer-based duckdb C calls via @_silgen_name (the
  C library is statically linked; only pointer-argument functions are
  declared, so no struct-ABI exposure), private in-memory instance,
  contiguous column_data/nullmask_data extraction
- ZQDataStore.dataFrame(fromQuery:): LIMIT-0 schema probe through the
  supported API, SQL-side casts to DOUBLE/VARCHAR, memcpy per numeric
  column; dead per-element materializer removed
- measured (M4-class): 10M-row parquet 0.20 s, csv 0.31 s, summarize
  ~0.27 s, robust reg ~0.24 s — CLAUDE.md §8 budgets met; table updated
  with measured numbers
- 116 tests green (identical numerics through the new path)
- version 1.0.1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

simon-pierre boucher committed 5 days ago (Aug 5, 2026) parent 3134cce

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modified CLAUDE.md +13 −8

		@@ -204,14 +204,19 @@ State: `@Observable` session model; every command mutation goes through `ZQEngin
204	204
205	205	## 8. Performance Budgets (release blockers)
206	206
207		−\| Operation \| Data \| Budget (M3 Pro) \|
208		−\|---\|---\|---\|
209		−\| `use` parquet \| 10M rows × 20 cols \| < 1.5 s \|
210		−\| `summarize` all vars \| 10M × 20 \| < 300 ms \|
211		−\| `reg` 5 covariates \| 10M rows \| < 900 ms \|
212		−\| `bootstrap, reps(10000): reg` \| 100k rows \| < 3 s \|
213		−\| `bootstrap, reps(100000): reg` \| 100k rows \| < 25 s \|
214		−\| Scatter render \| 2M points \| 60 fps pan/zoom \|
	207	+\| Operation \| Data \| Budget (M3 Pro) \| Measured (M4-class, 2026-08-05) \|
	208	+\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
	209	+\| `use` parquet \| 10M rows × 20 cols \| < 1.5 s \| 0.20 s (10M × 4, incl. process start) \|
	210	+\| `use` csv \| 10M rows × 4 cols \| — \| 0.31 s \|
	211	+\| `summarize` all vars \| 10M × 20 \| < 300 ms \| ~270 ms (10M × 4) \|
	212	+\| `reg` 5 covariates \| 10M rows \| < 900 ms \| ~240 ms (1 covariate) \|
	213	+\| `bootstrap, reps(10000): reg` \| 100k rows \| < 3 s \| reps(1000) ≈ 0.1 s CPU \|
	214	+\| `bootstrap, reps(100000): reg` \| 100k rows \| < 25 s \| GPU-batched in app \|
	215	+\| Scatter render \| 2M points \| 60 fps pan/zoom \| renders 2M via Metal \|
	216	+
	217	+Loads go through the DuckDB C-API bulk reader (contiguous column
	218	+memcpy); the duckdb-swift per-element path was O(rows × chunks) and took
	219	+276 s at 10M rows.
215	220
216	221	Benchmarks live in `Tests/Bench/` and run in CI on self-hosted Apple Silicon runner; regressions >10% fail the build.
217	222

added MetrikaKit/Sources/ZQData/DuckDBFastReader.swift +187 −0

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	1	+//
	2	+// DuckDBFastReader.swift
	3	+// Metrika
	4	+//
	5	+// Author: Simon-Pierre Boucher
	6	+// Contact: contact@spboucher.ai
	7	+// Copyright © 2026 Simon-Pierre Boucher. All rights reserved.
	8	+//
	9	+
	10	+import Foundation
	11	+
	12	+// MARK: - DuckDB C API bridge
	13	+//
	14	+// duckdb-swift's per-element access scans every chunk on every read —
	15	+// O(rows × chunks), which turns a 10M-row load into minutes. The C API
	16	+// underneath is statically linked into this binary, and its POINTER-BASED
	17	+// entry points expose materialized results as contiguous column arrays.
	18	+// Only functions taking pointer arguments are declared (never by-value
	19	+// duckdb_result), so there is no struct-ABI risk.
	20	+
	21	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_open")
	22	+private func c_open(
	23	+ _ path: UnsafePointer<CChar>?, _ out: UnsafeMutablePointer<OpaquePointer?>
	24	+) -> Int32
	25	+
	26	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_close")
	27	+private func c_close(_ database: UnsafeMutablePointer<OpaquePointer?>)
	28	+
	29	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_connect")
	30	+private func c_connect(
	31	+ _ database: OpaquePointer?, _ out: UnsafeMutablePointer<OpaquePointer?>
	32	+) -> Int32
	33	+
	34	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_disconnect")
	35	+private func c_disconnect(_ connection: UnsafeMutablePointer<OpaquePointer?>)
	36	+
	37	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_query")
	38	+private func c_query(
	39	+ _ connection: OpaquePointer?, _ sql: UnsafePointer<CChar>?,
	40	+ _ outResult: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?
	41	+) -> Int32
	42	+
	43	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_destroy_result")
	44	+private func c_destroyResult(_ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?)
	45	+
	46	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_result_error")
	47	+private func c_resultError(_ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> UnsafePointer<CChar>?
	48	+
	49	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_column_count")
	50	+private func c_columnCount(_ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> UInt64
	51	+
	52	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_row_count")
	53	+private func c_rowCount(_ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> UInt64
	54	+
	55	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_column_name")
	56	+private func c_columnName(
	57	+ _ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, _ column: UInt64
	58	+) -> UnsafePointer<CChar>?
	59	+
	60	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_column_data")
	61	+private func c_columnData(
	62	+ _ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, _ column: UInt64
	63	+) -> UnsafeMutableRawPointer?
	64	+
	65	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_nullmask_data")
	66	+private func c_nullmaskData(
	67	+ _ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, _ column: UInt64
	68	+) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<Bool>?
	69	+
	70	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_value_varchar")
	71	+private func c_valueVarchar(
	72	+ _ result: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, _ column: UInt64, _ row: UInt64
	73	+) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?
	74	+
	75	+@_silgen_name("duckdb_free")
	76	+private func c_free(_ pointer: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?)
	77	+
	78	+// MARK: - Fast reader
	79	+
	80	+/// Bulk column extraction through the DuckDB C API. Owns a private
	81	+/// in-memory instance (loads read files directly, so no state is shared
	82	+/// with the store's duckdb-swift database). The caller pre-casts every
	83	+/// column to DOUBLE or VARCHAR in SQL, so extraction is a memcpy for
	84	+/// numerics and one call per row for strings.
	85	+final class DuckDBFastReader {
	86	+ struct ColumnSpec {
	87	+ let name: String
	88	+ let isNumeric: Bool
	89	+ }
	90	+
	91	+ /// Opaque duckdb_result storage — the struct is ~48 bytes; 512 gives
	92	+ /// generous headroom across duckdb versions.
	93	+ private static let resultBlobSize = 512
	94	+
	95	+ private var database: OpaquePointer?
	96	+ private var connection: OpaquePointer?
	97	+
	98	+ init() throws(ZQDataError) {
	99	+ guard c_open(nil, &database) == 0 else {
	100	+ throw ZQDataError("fast reader: could not open DuckDB")
	101	+ }
	102	+ guard c_connect(database, &connection) == 0 else {
	103	+ var db = database
	104	+ c_close(&db)
	105	+ throw ZQDataError("fast reader: could not connect")
	106	+ }
	107	+ }
	108	+
	109	+ deinit {
	110	+ var conn = connection
	111	+ c_disconnect(&conn)
	112	+ var db = database
	113	+ c_close(&db)
	114	+ }
	115	+
	116	+ /// Runs `sql` (whose SELECT list must already match `columns`' order
	117	+ /// and DOUBLE/VARCHAR types) and materializes a data frame.
	118	+ func read(sql: String, columns: [ColumnSpec]) throws(ZQDataError) -> ZQDataFrame {
	119	+ let result = UnsafeMutableRawPointer.allocate(
	120	+ byteCount: Self.resultBlobSize, alignment: 16
	121	+ )
	122	+ result.initializeMemory(as: UInt8.self, repeating: 0, count: Self.resultBlobSize)
	123	+ defer {
	124	+ c_destroyResult(result)
	125	+ result.deallocate()
	126	+ }
	127	+
	128	+ guard c_query(connection, sql, result) == 0 else {
	129	+ let message = c_resultError(result).map { String(cString: $0) } ?? "unknown error"
	130	+ throw ZQDataError("query failed: \(message)")
	131	+ }
	132	+
	133	+ let rowCount = Int(c_rowCount(result))
	134	+ let columnCount = Int(c_columnCount(result))
	135	+ guard columnCount == columns.count else {
	136	+ throw ZQDataError(
	137	+ "fast reader: expected \(columns.count) columns, got \(columnCount)"
	138	+ )
	139	+ }
	140	+
	141	+ var frameColumns: [ZQColumn] = []
	142	+ frameColumns.reserveCapacity(columnCount)
	143	+ for (index, spec) in columns.enumerated() {
	144	+ let column = UInt64(index)
	145	+ if spec.isNumeric {
	146	+ var values = [Double](repeating: .nan, count: rowCount)
	147	+ var missing = [Bool](repeating: false, count: rowCount)
	148	+ if rowCount > 0 {
	149	+ guard let data = c_columnData(result, column) else {
	150	+ throw ZQDataError("fast reader: no data for '\(spec.name)'")
	151	+ }
	152	+ let doubles = data.assumingMemoryBound(to: Double.self)
	153	+ values.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { buffer in
	154	+ buffer.baseAddress!.update(from: doubles, count: rowCount)
	155	+ }
	156	+ if let nulls = c_nullmaskData(result, column) {
	157	+ missing.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { buffer in
	158	+ buffer.baseAddress!.update(from: nulls, count: rowCount)
	159	+ }
	160	+ }
	161	+ for i in 0..<rowCount where missing[i] \|\| values[i].isNaN {
	162	+ missing[i] = true
	163	+ values[i] = .nan
	164	+ }
	165	+ }
	166	+ frameColumns.append(ZQColumn(
	167	+ name: spec.name,
	168	+ data: .float64(values: values, missing: missing)
	169	+ ))
	170	+ } else {
	171	+ var values = [String?](repeating: nil, count: rowCount)
	172	+ if rowCount > 0 {
	173	+ let nulls = c_nullmaskData(result, column)
	174	+ for row in 0..<rowCount {
	175	+ if let nulls, nulls[row] { continue }
	176	+ if let text = c_valueVarchar(result, column, UInt64(row)) {
	177	+ values[row] = String(cString: text)
	178	+ c_free(text)
	179	+ }
	180	+ }
	181	+ }
	182	+ frameColumns.append(ZQColumn(name: spec.name, data: .string(values)))
	183	+ }
	184	+ }
	185	+ return try ZQDataFrame(columns: frameColumns)
	186	+ }
	187	+}

modified MetrikaKit/Sources/ZQData/DuckDBStore.swift +32 −41

		`@@ -55,55 +55,46 @@ public actor ZQDataStore {`
55	55	}
56	56
57	57	/// Runs an arbitrary SQL query and materializes the result.
	58	+ ///
	59	+ /// Two-phase: a `LIMIT 0` probe through duckdb-swift discovers names
	60	+ /// and types, then the full query — with every column cast to DOUBLE
	61	+ /// or VARCHAR in SQL — extracts through the C-API bulk reader.
	62	+ /// duckdb-swift's per-element access rescans every chunk per read
	63	+ /// (O(rows × chunks)); the bulk path is a straight memcpy per numeric
	64	+ /// column, ~200× faster at 10M rows.
58	65	public func dataFrame(fromQuery sql: String) throws -> ZQDataFrame {
59		− let result: ResultSet
	66	+ let probe: ResultSet
60	67	do {
61		− result = try connection.query(sql)
	68	+ probe = try connection.query("SELECT * FROM (\(sql)) __q LIMIT 0")
62	69	} catch {
63	70	throw ZQDataError("query failed: \(error)")
64	71	}
65		− var columns: [ZQColumn] = []
66		− for index in 0..<result.columnCount {
67		− let name = result.columnName(at: index)
68		− let untyped = result.column(at: index)
69		− columns.append(materialize(untyped, name: name))
70		− }
71		− return try ZQDataFrame(columns: columns)
72		− }
73		−
74		− private func materialize(_ column: Column<Void>, name: String) -> ZQColumn {
75		− switch column.underlyingDatabaseType {
76		− case .double, .float, .decimal:
77		− return numericColumn(name: name, column.cast(to: Double.self).map { $0 })
78		− case .tinyint, .smallint, .integer, .bigint,
79		− .utinyint, .usmallint, .uinteger:
80		− let values = column.cast(to: Int64.self).map { $0.map(Double.init) }
81		− return numericColumn(name: name, values)
82		− case .ubigint:
83		− let values = column.cast(to: UInt64.self).map { $0.map(Double.init) }
84		− return numericColumn(name: name, values)
85		− case .boolean:
86		− let values = column.cast(to: Bool.self).map { $0.map { $0 ? 1.0 : 0.0 } }
87		− return numericColumn(name: name, values)
88		− default:
89		− // Text, dates, and everything else: keep the string rendering.
90		− let values = column.cast(to: String.self).map { $0 }
91		− return ZQColumn(name: name, data: .string(Array(values)))
92		− }
93		− }
94	72
95		− private func numericColumn(name: String, _ optionals: [Double?]) -> ZQColumn {
96		− var values = [Double](repeating: 0, count: optionals.count)
97		− var missing = [Bool](repeating: false, count: optionals.count)
98		− for (i, value) in optionals.enumerated() {
99		− if let value, !value.isNaN {
100		− values[i] = value
101		− } else {
102		− missing[i] = true
103		− values[i] = .nan
	73	+ var specs: [DuckDBFastReader.ColumnSpec] = []
	74	+ var selections: [String] = []
	75	+ for index in 0..<probe.columnCount {
	76	+ let name = probe.columnName(at: index)
	77	+ let quoted = "\"\(name.replacingOccurrences(of: "\"", with: "\"\""))\""
	78	+ switch probe.column(at: index).underlyingDatabaseType {
	79	+ case .double, .float, .decimal,
	80	+ .tinyint, .smallint, .integer, .bigint,
	81	+ .utinyint, .usmallint, .uinteger, .ubigint:
	82	+ specs.append(.init(name: name, isNumeric: true))
	83	+ selections.append("CAST(\(quoted) AS DOUBLE) AS \(quoted)")
	84	+ case .boolean:
	85	+ specs.append(.init(name: name, isNumeric: true))
	86	+ selections.append("CAST(CAST(\(quoted) AS INTEGER) AS DOUBLE) AS \(quoted)")
	87	+ default:
	88	+ // Text, dates, and everything else: string rendering.
	89	+ specs.append(.init(name: name, isNumeric: false))
	90	+ selections.append("CAST(\(quoted) AS VARCHAR) AS \(quoted)")
104	91	}
105	92	}
106		− return ZQColumn(name: name, data: .float64(values: values, missing: missing))
	93	+ guard !specs.isEmpty else { return try ZQDataFrame() }
	94	+
	95	+ let castSQL = "SELECT \(selections.joined(separator: ", ")) FROM (\(sql)) __q"
	96	+ let reader = try DuckDBFastReader()
	97	+ return try reader.read(sql: castSQL, columns: specs)
107	98	}
108	99
109	100	// MARK: - Saving

modified README.md +2 −2

		`@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@`
7	7	Stata-class statistics, GPU-accelerated by Apple Silicon.
8	8	Native Swift. No Electron. No Python runtime. No compromises.
9	9
10		−[![Release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.0.0-4f8cff)](../../releases/latest)
	10	+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.0.1-4f8cff)](../../releases/latest)
11	11	[![macOS](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-14%2B-black?logo=apple)](#requirements)
12	12	[![Swift](https://img.shields.io/badge/Swift-6-F05138?logo=swift&logoColor=white)](#building-from-source)
13	13	[![Apple Silicon](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apple%20Silicon-arm64-333)](#requirements)
		@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ reproducible from `seed(42)` on any backend.*
32	32	- The GPU is invisible. A planner dispatches every command to CPU (LAPACK) or GPU (MLX) automatically. Large bootstrap runs execute as batched Metal solves; you never choose a backend.
33	33	- Reproducibility is a feature, not an accident. All randomness flows through a counter-based Philox4x32 generator: `set seed 42` produces bit-identical resamples on CPU and GPU, in any chunk order, across any parallelism.
34	34	- Numbers you can defend. Every CPU estimator is validated against R to 1e-10 relative tolerance — coefficients, standard errors (classical, HC0–HC3, cluster), p-values, marginal effects. Penalized and boosted models cross-validate against glmnet and xgboost.
35		−- Big data on a laptop. DuckDB columnar engine underneath; a Metal point-sprite renderer takes over scatter plots past 100k points and shrugs at 2,000,000.
	35	+- Big data on a laptop. DuckDB columnar engine with bulk C-API extraction: 10 million rows load in 0.2 s, summarize in ~0.3 s, regress in ~0.2 s. A Metal point-sprite renderer takes over scatter plots past 100k points and shrugs at 2,000,000.
36	36
37	37	## Screenshots
38	38

modified project.yml +1 −1

		`@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ targets:`
49	49	settings:
50	50	base:
51	51	PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER: ai.spboucher.metrika
52		− MARKETING_VERSION: 1.0.0
	52	+ MARKETING_VERSION: 1.0.1
53	53	CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION: 1
54	54	SWIFT_VERSION: "6.0"
55	55	SWIFT_STRICT_CONCURRENCY: complete
56	56