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Polars

Open source project18 problems43 posts+1 this week

Problem posts per week

Problem posts per week64 posts, week of Aug 24 to week of Sep 21

Problems

ProblemThis week
Small files, skew and partitioning hurt performanceData engineeringGitHub, Apache Iceberg, llama.cpp, Claude Code, Microsoft Azure, Polars9d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+33 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (rising)
Databases hit connection, locking and scaling limitsDatabasesClaude Code, PyTorch, GitHub, Slack, Polars, PyPI4d activeSeen on GitHub issues+22 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (rising)
Jobs and services run out of memoryDevOps and infraPolars, BigQuery, Airbyte, DuckDB, Positron, Segment6d activeSeen on GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Critical work in Excel is fragile and manualAnalytics and BIExcel, PyPI, Polars4d activeSeen on Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Apache Spark upgrades break working setupsOutages and changeApache Spark, Polars, DuckDB, PostgreSQL3d activeSeen on GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Bad data slips through Polars unnoticedData engineeringPolars2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Polars users keep filing bugsData engineeringPolars, GitHub, PyPI7d activeSeen on GitHub issues+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars columnData engineeringPolars, PyPI, GitHub4d activeSeen on GitHub issues+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Polars upgrades break working setupsOutages and changePolars, PyPI, GitHub2d activeSeen on GitHub issues+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Critical work still runs on fragile spreadsheetsAnalytics and BISQL Server, Microsoft Azure, DuckDB, Excel, JetBrains, Polars3d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker News+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars schemaData engineeringPolars, PyPI2d activeSeen on GitHub issues+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Vendor support is slow or unhelpfulDev toolingInformatica, Polars2d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker NewsUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars joinData engineeringPolars, PyPI2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars rollingData engineeringPolars, PyPI2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars insteadData engineeringPolars, PyPI2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars parquetData engineeringPolars, PyPI2d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars streamingData engineeringPolars, PyPI1d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Trouble with Polars inputData engineeringPolars, PyPI1d activeSeen on GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
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