Spice.ai
Data
federated query engine
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
11 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Congratulations on the launch
From 4 comments
Congrats on the launch! This is exciting. The video demo is awesome: https://youtu.be/AZyrecVWnEs?si=j7JVKhhcUor1_y-f
dvdsgl on HNCongrats Luke & Phillip– exciting day!
cedrone on HNCongratulations on the launch!!
leeholim on HNCongrats on the launch team!
jjustin_lawson on HN
Single binary and sidecar design is lightweight
From 1 comment
Thank you! Yes, in terms of federated queries, there are similarities, but Spice is designed to be much smaller, faster, and lightweight (single-binary, 140MB) so you can run it…
lukekim on HN
Objections
Spam-like coordinated launch comments from new accounts
From 2 comments
There are eight different accounts in this thread "congratulating the launch" with their first comment. Half were created six hours ago right when this was posted.…
CyberDildonics on HNMy first thought when I saw your post pointing out the congratulations comments was one of the ending scenes from Neon Genesis Evangelion where they say congratulations…
sneilan1 on HN
Blockchain pivot from original vision
From 2 comments
> Today, we're re-launching Spice... ``` Obtaining blockchain and smart-contract data is hard ... Spice makes it easy. ```…
ignoramous on HNwow thanks for pointing this out I have a short circuit for whenever I see the B word or still pushing this smart-contract non-sense that isn't being used in serious real world…
spxneo on HN
DuckDB can already query Postgres and SQLite directly
From 2 comments
Very cool! One thing to keep in mind: DuckDB can directly query parquet files (and many other file types[1]), mysql, postgres[0], and SQLite. So if you're in need of something…
mritchie712 on HNDuckDB can both read/write to PG. What exactly usecase you are unlocking?..
riku_iki on HN
Requests
Iceberg support
From 2 comments
Looks great! Is flightsql supported over the wire too, so one could hook it up to grafana? Any plans to support iceberg?
alex_hirner on HNAnd yes, Iceberg is very high up on our list
jeadie on HN
ClickHouse connector
From 1 comment
Interesting one. Any plans for clickhouse data connector?
gerenuk on HN
Join pushdown to remote sources
From 2 comments
Do you support subqueries and joins?
prabhatsharma on HNThere is an effort within DataFusion to support pushing down joins across tables from the same remote provider that we will likely contribute to as well:…
phillip-spice on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Dremio
From 1 comment
Any sense of comparison to Dremio, which helped steward the Arrow ecosystem for doing this kind of thing? (The idea is great fwiw, I've been following them one-off for years, and…
lmeyerov on HN
How does it compare to Trino/Starburst or Drill
From 1 comment
Congratulations. Is this similar to Trino/Starburst, Drill?
neeleshs on HN
How does it compare to Cube
From 1 comment
Hey guys - how does this compare to cube?
nextworddev on HN
Alternatives named
Dremio
From 1 comment
Any sense of comparison to Dremio, which helped steward the Arrow ecosystem for doing this kind of thing? (The idea is great fwiw, I've been following them one-off for years, and…
lmeyerov on HN
Trino/Starburst, Drill
From 1 comment
Congratulations. Is this similar to Trino/Starburst, Drill?
neeleshs on HN
DuckDB
From 1 comment
Very cool! One thing to keep in mind: DuckDB can directly query parquet files (and many other file types[1]), mysql, postgres[0], and SQLite. So if you're in need of something…
mritchie712 on HN
Cube
From 1 comment
Hey guys - how does this compare to cube?
nextworddev on HN