When Databricks claimed to have cracked an age-old database problem, it came with a clear marketing message: "One data, zero compromises, zero copies." Inevitably, that led engineers to search for ...

How event-driven data pipelines reduce latency, automate schema changes, and improve reliability across large-scale data ...

F3 is a data file format that is designed with efficiency, interoperability, and extensibility in mind. It provides a data organization that rectifies the layout shortcomings of the last-generation ...

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He explains how ...

OvertureMapsDownloader is a monorepo that contains two main projects aimed at simplifying the process of working with Overture Maps data in Parquet format. The first project is a browser-based ...