Logical vs Physical Plan in Spark: Understanding How Your Code Really Runs

If youโ€™ve worked with Apache Spark, youโ€™ve likely written transformations like filter(), map(), or select() and wondered, โ€œHow does Spark actually execute this under the hood?โ€ The answer lies in logical and physical plans โ€” two key steps Spark uses to turn your code into distributed computation efficiently. Understanding this will help you optimize performance... Continue Reading →

Pandas DataFrame vs. Spark DataFrame: Which One Should You Use & When?

Ever felt like your laptopโ€™s about to take off while processing that โ€œinnocentโ€ CSV file with 1 million rows? ๐Ÿ˜‚Yep. Youโ€™re probably using Pandas, and itโ€™s starting to sweat. Thatโ€™s where Spark DataFrames come in โ€” but wait, donโ€™t ditch Pandas just yet!Letโ€™s break it down. Think of it like this: Pandas is your reliable... Continue Reading →

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