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[EPIC] bfloat16 support
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Description
- #1684
- #1751
- #778
- #1814
- #1651
- Write a blog post about bf16 support in Lance
- In LanceDB, support easily creating bf16 in schemas
- In Lance and LanceDB, have tutorial for migrating from a f32 to bf16 vector column (using add_columns) API.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the checklist and the referenced issues #1684, #1751, #778, #1814, #1651, and #1458 to identify which bfloat16 work remains. The epic is done when the unchecked blog post, LanceDB schema support, and migration tutorial tasks are completed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- databases, documentation, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100