The LakeSail Blog

Sail 0.2.1: Enhanced UDF Support and Steps towards Full Spark Parity

The LakeSail Team | January 15, 2025

Sail 0.2.1 comes with exciting improvements that bring Sail closer to full Spark parity. Join us in a brief tour of how the enhanced UDF support opens up possibilities to bridge the gap between traditional ETL workloads and AI.

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Why It’s Possible Now: Sail 0.2 and the Evolution of Distributed Compute Frameworks

The LakeSail Team | December 3, 2024

Announcing Sail 0.2—the latest milestone in the evolution of distributed compute frameworks. Explore how advancements in programming languages and data infrastructure make it possible to unify batch, stream, and AI workloads into a seamless, high-performance framework.

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Sail 0.2 and the Future of Distributed Processing

The LakeSail Team | November 19, 2024

We are thrilled to unveil the preview release of Sail 0.2, which introduces support for distributed processing on Kubernetes! Tune in for a detailed architectural deep dive and an overview of our increased support for Spark.

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Introducing Sail Enterprise Support

The LakeSail Team | September 29, 2024

Discover how Sail Enterprise Support empowers your team with dedicated, flexible, and customizable solutions to meet the needs of your organization.

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A Sail Recipe: Tackling an Out-of-Control Redshift Bill

The LakeSail Team | September 6, 2024

Deriving insights from your data shouldn't cost you an arm, a leg, and a kidney. Check out this Sail recipe to learn how you can work directly with your data in Amazon S3, saving both time and money.

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The First PySail Release

The LakeSail Team | August 30, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the 0.1 release of Sail. Get started with the PySail package today, and check out the documentation site.

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Supercharge Spark: Quadruple Speed, Cut Costs by 94%

The LakeSail Team | July 31, 2024

The preview of Sail is here! In the derived TPC-H benchmark, Sail achieves nearly 4x speed-up and 94% hardware cost reduction, with the same PySpark code.

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