Catalog

1. August 4, 202621 min read

   How the Iceberg REST Catalog Turned Into the Lakehouse Control Plane

   How the Iceberg REST catalog became the lakehouse control plane: multi-table atomic commits, credential vending, capability negotiation, and what still breaks.

2. August 2, 202631 min read

   Apache Polaris 1.7.0 and the Quiet Work of Making a Catalog Trustworthy

   Apache Polaris 1.7.0 deep dive: idempotent writes, semantic models, stricter credential vending, orphan cleanup, and what the upgrade asks of you.

3. July 25, 202631 min read

   The Apache Iceberg Market in the Middle of 2026

   A survey of the Apache Iceberg market in July 2026: the state of the specification, platform support, the acquisition wave, the catalog contest, and how.

4. July 6, 202629 min read

   The State of Apache Polaris in July 2026: From Incubating Catalog to the Governance Layer of the Open Lakehouse

   Apache Polaris as a TLP, federation, credential vending, semantic layers, lineage, and how the open catalog became the governance plane.

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