Mastering Apache Iceberg v3 Deletion Vectors for High-Throughput Streaming Ingest
Here is a bill that surprises teams every quarter. A Flink pipeline streams change data capture events into an Apache Iceberg table, a few…
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Data Engineering, Lakehouses, and the Future of AI
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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.
What You'll Find Here#
- Apache Iceberg & Polaris: Comprehensive guides on open table formats and catalogs.
- Data Lakehouse Architecture: Strategies for building cost-effective, high-performance data platforms.
- AI & RAG: Exploring the intersection of data engineering and Large Language Models.
- Dremio: Tips and tricks for using the Agentic Lakehouse Platform.
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The Decoupled Data Lakehouse: Multi-Engine Freedom with Open REST Catalogs
Every few years a data team discovers, mid-contract-renewal, exactly how much of their platform they do not control. The data sits in the…
The Five Layers of an Agentic Lakehouse
Every architecture era gets its reference diagram. The warehouse era had its star schemas and its staging-to-mart flow. The big data era…