What is the difference between a Quick Format & a Full Format? When you should you use either of them on your disk partition? This post explains it all.

What’s the difference between a table and a range of columns and rows on an Excel spreadsheet? How do I create and populate tables? And, once a table is created, how do we custom filter, format ...

Databricks today rolled out a new open table format in Delta Lake 3.0 that it says will eliminate the possibility of picking the wrong one. Dubbed Universal Format, or UniForm, the new table format ...

Q: My wife is from Indonesia, and I had a difficult time explaining the difference between table salt and the salt they use to melt ice on roads. What's the difference?

I prefer not to use table salt. Kosher salt is superior – my strong preference for cooking is Diamond Crystal Kosher, which is readily available in the supermarket and it’s also best for brining.