DeepSeek's smallpond: A Lightweight Distributed Compute Framework Built on DuckDB
2025-03-04
DeepSeek released smallpond, a lightweight distributed compute framework built on DuckDB for handling massive datasets. It employs lazy evaluation and Ray for distributed computing, supports multiple partitioning strategies, and integrates efficiently with DeepSeek's proprietary 3FS file system. While reliance on Ray and 3FS adds complexity, smallpond balances ease of use with performance, offering data engineers a new option for processing terabyte-scale datasets. Compared to heavyweight frameworks like Spark, smallpond is lighter, easier to learn, and particularly suitable for smaller companies that don't need to handle overly complex queries.
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