Alex Merced's Data, Dev and AI Blog

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Data Engineering, Lakehouses, and the Future of AI

Welcome to my digital garden. This is where I share my deep dives, tutorials, and thoughts on the evolving data landscape.

As the Head of Developer Relations at Dremio and author of Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide, Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide, and Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse, my mission is to make complex data architectures accessible to everyone.

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How to Use Dremio with Amazon Kiro: Connect, Query, and Build Data Apps

How to Use Dremio with Amazon Kiro: Connect, Query, and Build Data Apps

Thu Mar 05 2026

Amazon Kiro is an agentic AI IDE from AWS that introduces spec-driven development to the coding workflow. Instead of jumping straight to code, Kiro helps you de...

How to Use Dremio with Claude Code: Connect, Query, and Build Data Apps

How to Use Dremio with Claude Code: Connect, Query, and Build Data Apps

Thu Mar 05 2026

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-based coding agent. It reads your files, writes code, runs commands, and maintains context across a session. Dremio is a uni...

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