Apache Spark 4.0 marks a major milestone with advancements in SQL language enhancements, Spark Connect, reliability, Python capabilities, and structured streaming. It's designed to be more powerful, ANSI-compliant, and user-friendly while maintaining compatibility.
An in-process analytics database, DuckDB can work with surprisingly large data sets without having to maintain a distributed multiserver system. Best of all? You can analyze data directly from your Python app.
