Announcing Lance SDK 1.0.0: What This Milestone Means for the Community
We’re excited to announce that the core Rust SDK and the Python and Java binding SDKs are graduating to version 1.0.0, alongside a new, community-driven release strategy.
Lance File 2.1 is Now Stable
The 2.1 file version is now stable, learn what that means for you and what's coming next.
Columnar File Readers in Depth: Structural Encoding
Deep dive into LanceDB's dual structural encoding approach - mini-block for small data types and full-zip for large multimodal data. Learn how this optimizes compression and random access performance compared to Parquet.
Columnar File Readers in Depth: Repetition & Definition Levels
Explore columnar file readers in depth: repetition & definition levels with practical insights and expert guidance from the LanceDB team.
Columnar File Readers in Depth: Column Shredding
Explore columnar file readers in depth: column shredding with practical insights and expert guidance from the LanceDB team.
Columnar File Readers in Depth: Compression Transparency
Explore columnar file readers in depth: compression transparency with practical insights and expert guidance from the LanceDB team.
Lance File 2.1: Smaller and Simpler
Explore lance file 2.1: smaller and simpler with practical insights and expert guidance from the LanceDB team.
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: Parallelism without Row Groups
Explore columnar file readers in depth: column shredding with practical insights and expert guidance from the LanceDB team.