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Apache Spark 4.0’s Variant Data Types: The Game-Changer for Semi-Structured Data
As enterprises increasingly rely on semi-structured data—like JSON from user logs, APIs, and IoT devices—data engineers face a constant battle between flexibility and performance. Traditional methods require complex schema management or inefficient parsing logic, making it hard to scale. Variant was introduced to address these limitations by allowing complex, evolving JSON or map-like structures to…