This week has seen the release of Apache Spark v2.0.0. As with every major releases, you can expect some changes. My Java recipes for Apache Spark have been affected, but […]

Unlike the new iPhone, the release of Apache Spark v2.0.0 did not gather 1,000s of people in a room, but it is a very important event in the small world of […]

When you start an application, you need to think about where it’s going to run, and also how it’s going to run. Basically, the way I use Spark is in […]

UDF stands for User Defined Functions. With those, you can easily extend Apache Spark with your own routines and business logic. Let’s see how we can build them and deploy […]

Here are a few quick recipes to solve some common issues with Apache Spark. All examples are based on Java 8 (although I do not use consciously any of the […]

Successful first deployment of Apache Spark on a production server. Yep… I could add the line on my resume. Right now, we have set 24 cores, 72 GB of memory […]