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How DataFlint Works

From production Spark logs to AI-powered IDE fixes. See the complete architecture that transforms hours of debugging into minutes of precision optimization.

Why Spark AI Copilots Need Production Context

To provide accurate optimization recommendations, AI copilots must understand your actual production environment, job patterns, and performance bottlenecks - not just theoretical best practices.

Real Performance Data

AI needs actual execution metrics, memory usage patterns, and I/O bottlenecks from your production jobs to identify optimization opportunities.

Infrastructure Context

Understanding your cluster configuration, resource constraints, and deployment environment is crucial for relevant recommendations.

Error Patterns

AI must analyze actual failures, exceptions, and performance degradations to provide actionable debugging insights and prevention strategies.

The Challenge: Massive Production Context

While AI needs production context to be effective, enterprise Spark applications generate massive amounts of production data - logs, metrics, execution plans, and runtime statistics that are impossible to process directly. Here's why feeding raw production context to LLMs fails at scale.

Why Raw Production Context Don't Work

Volume Problem

Production context (logs, metrics, plans) exceeds 10GB+ - too large to process effectively

Token Limits

Even 1M token LLMs like Gemini can't handle 10GB+ production context

UI Performance

Spark UI takes 10+ minutes to load large production context files

Signal vs Noise

Only ~1% of production context data is optimization-relevant

DataFlint's Solution: 100x Log Compression

Our proprietary technology transforms gigabytes of raw Spark logs into compact, AI-ready insights that can be efficiently processed by LLMs.

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Log Enrichment

Our open-source JAR (part of Job Debugger & Optimizer) extracts additional metrics that standard Spark logs lack, providing deeper insights into performance bottlenecks.

Enhanced Metrics: Memory usage patterns, CPU utilization, I/O bottlenecks, shuffle performance, stage dependencies
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Intelligent Compression

Our proprietary file format filters and aggregates the enriched logs, achieving up to 100x compression while preserving critical optimization signals.

Compression Magic: GB → MB while maintaining all actionable insights for performance optimization
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LLM-Ready Context

Using Model Context Protocol (MCP), we feed this compressed production context to LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude) for intelligent analysis and recommendations.

Enables: AI IDE Copilot, SaaS Dashboard monitoring, real-time cost optimization

One Architecture, Three Solutions

Our proprietary compression technology powers the complete workflow from production monitoring to AI-powered optimization, enabling three complementary products that work together to transform your Spark development.

DataFlint Architecture Diagram showing the complete workflow from Production Environment through DataFlint Engine to Benefits

IDE Extension - AI Copilot

Get real-time code suggestions and performance optimizations directly in your development environment.

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Job Debugger & Optimizer

Open-source UI enhancement for Spark Web UI with advanced debugging and optimization capabilities.

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DataFlint Dashboard

Enterprise-grade SaaS dashboard for company-wide Spark observability, monitoring, and cost optimization.

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Whatever the use-case, we support it

DataFlint integrates seamlessly with your existing Spark infrastructure, regardless of platform, storage, or orchestration setup.

Spark Platforms

  • Kubernetes: Any k8s cluster with Spark
  • AWS EMR: All EMR versions and configurations
  • Databricks: AWS, Azure, and GCP variants
  • Apache Spark: Standalone clusters
  • Cloud Services: Google Dataproc, Azure Synapse

Storage Systems

  • AWS S3: All bucket configurations and regions
  • Azure Blob: Hot, cool, and archive tiers
  • Hadoop HDFS: On-premise and cloud HDFS
  • Google Cloud: Storage buckets and BigQuery
  • MinIO: Self-hosted S3-compatible storage

Development & Orchestration

  • IDEs: VSCode, Cursor, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm
  • Airflow: All versions and deployment types
  • Databricks Jobs: Workflows and pipelines
  • Prefect: Modern workflow orchestration
  • Custom: REST APIs for any orchestrator

Enterprise-Ready Architecture

Built for enterprise scale with security, compliance, and reliability at the core. SOC 2 compliant with enterprise SSO, VPC deployment, and 24/7 support.

Security & Compliance

SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliant, enterprise SSO

High Performance

99.9% uptime SLA, global CDN, auto-scaling

24/7 Support

Dedicated CSM, Slack support, custom training

Transform Gigabytes into Actionable Insights

Experience our proprietary 100x compression technology in action. See how we turn massive Spark logs into AI-ready context that powers intelligent optimization recommendations.

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