Agent Gateway Control Matrix: What A2A and MCP Gateways Enforce Before an Agent Touches Lakehouse Data
SAP Agent Gateway, agentgateway 1.7.0 and Databricks MCP servers compared on six controls, with checks you can run against any endpoint.
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Data Engineering, Lakehouses, and the Future of AI
Alex talks technology, data, software development and 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 Iceberg Catalog Federation Map, November 2026: Which Platforms Read and Write Whose Catalog
Which platforms read and write whose Iceberg catalog in November 2026, with auth method, write support, release stage and a dated source per edge.
Iceberg v4's _last_updated_time Column: "Rows Changed Since T" Without Rewriting Manifests
Iceberg v4's _last_updated_time column records when each row last changed, inherited from the snapshot timestamp with no manifest rewrite.