r/apachespark

19k members
r/apachespark is a subreddit with 19k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses spark, data, apache, cost, and pyspark.
Articles and discussion regarding anything to do with Apache Spark.

Popular Themes in r/apachespark

#1
Advice Requests
: "Best resources to learn Apache Spark in depth"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Any cloud-agnostic alternative to Databricks for running Spark across multiple clouds?"
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Spark Declarative Pipelines Visualisation"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Job Posting: Software Engineer 2 on Microsoft's Apache Spark team in Vancouver, Canada"
1 post
#5
News
: "Anyone using custom Catalyst rules in production?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/apachespark

#1

Spark

: "Spark Declarative Pipelines Visualisation"
70 posts
#2

Data

: "Big Data Hadoop and Spark Analytics Projects (End to End)"
38 posts
#3

Apache

: "What Developers Need to Know About Apache Spark 4.1"
24 posts
#4

Cost

: "Why Is Spark Cost Attribution Still Such a Mess? I Just Want Stage-Level Costs…"
6 posts
#5

Pyspark

: "How hard is it to learn spark or Pyspark from SQL? Help with deciding what to upskill next"
5 posts
#6

Streaming

: "What Developers Need to Know About Apache Spark 4.1"
5 posts
#7

Databricks

: "Apache Spark 3.5.3 vs 4.1.0 — What actually changed, and should you migrate?"
5 posts
#8

Performance

: "Apache Spark 3.5.3 vs 4.1.0 — What actually changed, and should you migrate?"
5 posts
#9

Hadoop

: "Big data Hadoop and Spark Analytics Projects (End to End)"
4 posts
#10

Apache Spark

: "How should a beginner start learning Apache Spark? Looking for a clear roadmap and quality resources."
3 posts

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Last updated: September 11, 2026