Apache Datafusion Comet and the story of my first contribution to it

In this blog post, I will provide a brief high-level overview of projects designed to accelerate Apache Spark by the native physical execution, including Databricks Photon, Apache Datafusion Comet, and Apache Gluten (incubating). I will explain the problems these projects aim to solve and their approaches. The main focus will be on the Comet project, particularly its internal architecture.…