Columnar File Readers in Depth: APIs and Fusion

Columnar File Readers in Depth: APIs and Fusion

The API used to read files has evolved over time, from simple full table reads to batch reads and eventually to iterative record batch readers. Lance takes this a step further to return a stream of read tasks.

Columnar File Readers in Depth: Backpressure

Columnar File Readers in Depth: Backpressure

Streaming data applications can be tricky. When you can read data faster than you can process the data then bad things tend to happen. The various solutions to this problem are largely classified as backpressure.