An in-depth analysis of Apache Parquet in 2026, covering new features, versioning debates, and its evolving role in the lakehouse and AI eras.
Hardwood 1.0.0.Beta2 release adds VARIANT support, interactive Parquet TUI, and performance improvements.
Introduces TOON, a compact and readable alternative to JSON for data exchange, especially useful for AI tokens and general programming.
An introduction to Apache Parquet, a columnar storage file format for efficient data processing and analytics.
Explains Parquet's columnar storage model, detailing its efficiency for big data analytics through faster queries, better compression, and optimized aggregation.
A software developer investigates a bug in NS International's iCalendar file generation that caused a crash in the khal calendar tool.
An analysis of the CSV data format, covering its advantages, drawbacks, and common parsing pitfalls in data processing.
