> But I get it, Parquet may not be perfect or optimal or whatever. I actually think Parquet is pretty great in practice, I just have some issues with the sheer

> But I get it, Parquet may not be perfect or optimal or whatever. I actually think Parquet is pretty great in practice, I just have some issues with the sheer volume of abstractions necessary to implement it. I just wish it was anything other than Thrift. I would probably choose Parquet over anything else, though.