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AI Tools Race Heats Up: Week of January 13-19, 2026
Cursor and Windsurf battle for developer mindshare while Google TPUs challenge Nvidia’s dominance....
AI Tools Race Heats Up: Week of January 13–19, 2026
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
Alex Merced talks about his optimism for the Agentic AI tool and asks: if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them fo...
A Practical Guide to AI-Assisted Coding Tools
A Practical Guide to AI-Assisted Coding Tools
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Dev List Digest for Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Polaris and Arrow: January 6–14, 2026
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Dev List Digest for Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Polaris and Arrow: January 6–14, 2026
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A Practical Guide to AI-Assisted Coding Tools
An in-depth guide to understanding, choosing, and using AI-assisted coding tools effectively....
Help Me Speak of SQLBits 2026 - Need Your Vote
I have two talks you can vote for to have happen at SQLBits 2026!...
What Are Recursive Language Models?
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What Are Recursive Language Models?
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What Are Recursive Language Models?
Recursive Language Models (RLMs) are a new class of language models that can call themselves to break down complex tasks into manageable parts. This a...
RAG Isn’t a Modeling Problem. It’s a Data Engineering Problem.
RAG Isn’t a Modeling Problem. It’s a Data Engineering Problem.
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Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: December 30, 2025 – January 5, 2026
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Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: December 30, 2025 — January 5, 2026
Building Pangolin: My Holiday Break, an AI IDE, and a Lakehouse Catalog for the Curious
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Building Pangolin: My Holiday Break, an AI IDE, and a Lakehouse Catalog for the Curious
2025 Year in Review: Apache Iceberg, Polaris, Parquet, and Arrow
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2025 Year in Review: Apache Iceberg, Polaris, Parquet, and Arrow
2025 Year in Review Apache Iceberg, Polaris, Parquet, and Arrow
A look back at key developments in Apache Iceberg, Polaris, Parquet, and Arrow in 2025....
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
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Getting Started with IceFrame: A Beginner’s Guide to Apache Iceberg’s newest Python Library
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Getting Started with IceFrame: A Beginner’s Guide to Apache Iceberg’s newest Python Library
5 Ways Dremio is the “Easy Button” for Your Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
5 Ways Dremio is the “Easy Button” for Your Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
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Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Dec 9th - Dec15th, 2025)
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Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Nov 24-Dec 8, 2025)
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dremioframe & iceberg: Pythonic interfaces for Dremio and Apache Iceberg
Modern data teams want simple tools to work with Iceberg tables and Dremio....
dremioframe & iceberg - Pythonic interfaces for Dremio and Apache Iceberg
Discover DremioFrame and IceFrame, two new Python libraries that simplify working with Dremio and Apache Iceberg. Learn how these tools streamline dat...
Introducing dremioframe - A Pythonic DataFrame Interface for Dremio
If you’re a data analyst or Python developer who prefers chaining expressive .select() and .mutate() calls over writing raw SQL, you’re going to love ...
Introducing dremioframe - A Pythonic DataFrame Interface for Dremio
Discover dremioframe, a new Python library that offers a DataFrame-like experience for interacting with Dremio's data lakehouse platform. Learn how to...
Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Nov 18–24, 2025)
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Apache Dev Mail Digest: Iceberg & Polaris (Nov 12–17, 2025)
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Comprehensive Hands-on Walk Through of Dremio Cloud Next Gen (Hands-on with Free Trial)
Video Playlist of this Walkthough...
Comprehensive Hands-on Walk Through of Dremio Cloud Next Gen (Hands-on with Free Trial)
Walkthrough with the new trial of the Dremio Cloud Platform...
2025-2026 Guide to Learning about Apache Iceberg, Data Lakehouse & Agentic AI
A curated guide to mastering Apache Iceberg, data lakehouse architectures, and the emerging field of Agentic AI for data professionals....
An Exploration of the Commercial Iceberg Catalog Ecosystem
Dive into the world of commercial Iceberg catalogs and discover how they enhance data lakehouse architectures for modern data engineering....
Building a Universal Lakehouse Catalog - Beyond Iceberg Tables
Exploring paths to a universal lakehouse catalog that supports multiple data formats and engines, building on Apache Iceberg's success....
Intro to Apache Iceberg with Apache Polaris and Apache Spark
Learn how to leverage Apache Iceberg with Apache Polaris and Apache Spark to build scalable and efficient data lakehouses....
The State of Apache Iceberg v4 - October 2025 Edition
What's Coming in Apache Iceberg v4: A Deep Dive into the Future of Open Table Formats...
The Ultimate Guide to Open Table Formats - Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi, Paimon, and DuckLake
Understanding Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi, Paimon, and DuckLake...
The 2025 & 2026 Ultimate Guide to the Data Lakehouse and the Data Lakehouse Ecosystem
What is the Data Lakehouse and the Data Lakehouse Ecosystem? This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about the Data Lakehouse arch...
The Endgame — Building an Autonomous Optimization Pipeline for Apache Iceberg
Learn how to automate compaction, snapshot expiration, and layout optimization in Apache Iceberg using metadata-driven triggers and orchestration tool...
Managing Large-Scale Optimizations — Parallelism, Checkpointing, and Fail Recovery
Learn how to scale Apache Iceberg table optimizations across large datasets using parallelism, checkpointing, and fail recovery to ensure reliability ...
Unlocking the Power of Agentic AI with Apache Iceberg and Dremio
Unlocking the Power of Agentic AI with Apache Iceberg and Dremio...
Hidden Pitfalls — Compaction and Partition Evolution in Apache Iceberg
Partition evolution in Apache Iceberg is a powerful feature, but if not managed carefully, it can introduce fragmentation and impact compaction perfor...
Using Iceberg Metadata Tables to Determine When Compaction Is Needed
Discover how to use Apache Iceberg's metadata tables to proactively detect small files, bloated manifests, and table fragmentation—so you can trigger ...
Designing the Ideal Cadence for Compaction and Snapshot Expiration
Learn how to design an effective schedule for compaction and snapshot expiration in Apache Iceberg to balance cost, performance, and data freshness....
Avoiding Metadata Bloat with Snapshot Expiration and Rewriting Manifests
Learn how to prevent and clean up metadata bloat in Apache Iceberg by expiring snapshots and rewriting manifests for better performance and manageabil...
Smarter Data Layout — Sorting and Clustering Iceberg Tables
Improve query performance in Apache Iceberg by organizing your data layout with sorting and Z-order clustering. Learn how to reduce scan cost and impr...
Optimizing Compaction for Streaming Workloads in Apache Iceberg
Learn how to design fast, incremental compaction strategies in Apache Iceberg to support high-throughput streaming pipelines without disrupting freshn...
The Basics of Compaction — Bin Packing Your Data for Efficiency
Learn how standard compaction works in Apache Iceberg and why bin packing your data files is essential for maintaining query performance and cost effi...
The Cost of Neglect — How Apache Iceberg Tables Degrade Without Optimization
Learn how Apache Iceberg tables can degrade over time without optimization and what issues this causes for performance, cost, and governance....
How to Discover or Organize Lakehouse & Apache Iceberg Meetups
Guide on How to Be Part of the Lakehouse Community...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | What is Data Engineering?
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Understanding Data Sources and Ingestion
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | ETL vs ELT – Understanding Data Pipelines
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Batch Processing Fundamentals
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Streaming Data Fundamentals
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Data Modeling Basics
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Data Warehousing Fundamentals
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Data Lakes Explained
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Storage Formats and Compression
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Data Quality and Validation
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Metadata, Lineage, and Governance
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Scheduling and Workflow Orchestration
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Building Scalable Pipelines
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | DevOps for Data Engineering
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Cloud Data Platforms and the Modern Stack
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Data Lakehouse Architecture Explained
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | Apache Iceberg, Arrow, and Polaris
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
Introduction to Data Engineering Concepts | The Power of Dremio in the Modern Lakehouse
Introduction to the terms in data engineering...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 10 - Sampling and Prompts in MCP — Making Agent Workflows Smarter and Safer
Sampling and Prompts in MCP — Making Agent Workflows Smarter and Safer...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 9 - Tools in MCP — Giving LLMs the Power to Act
Tools in MCP — Giving LLMs the Power to Act...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 8 - Resources in MCP — Serving Relevant Data Securely to LLMs
Resources in MCP — Serving Relevant Data Securely to LLMs...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 7 - Under the Hood — The Architecture of MCP and Its Core Components
Under the Hood — The Architecture of MCP and Its Core Components...
Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 6 - Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — The Interoperability Layer for AI Agents
Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — The Interoperability Layer for AI Agents...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 5 - AI Agent Frameworks — Benefits and Limitations
AI Agent Frameworks — Benefits and Limitations...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 4 - What Are AI Agents — And Why They're the Future of LLM Applications
What Are AI Agents — And Why They're the Future of LLM Applications...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 3 - Boosting LLM Performance — Fine-Tuning, Prompt Engineering, and RAG
Boosting LLM Performance — Fine-Tuning, Prompt Engineering, and RAG...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 2 - How LLMs Work — Embeddings, Vectors, and Context Windows
How LLMs Work — Embeddings, Vectors, and Context Windows...
A Journey from AI to LLMs and MCP - 1 - What Is AI and How It Evolved Into LLMs
What Is AI and How It Evolved Into LLMs...
Building a Basic MCP Server with Python
The Basics of Building a Basic MCP Server...
Using Helm with Kubernetes - A Guide to Helm Charts and Their Implementation
A Guide on when to use Helm Charts for Kubernetes Deployment...
Crash Course on Developing AI Applications with LangChain
A guide on building AI applications with LangChain, a framework for developing AI applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs)....
The Data Lakehouse - The Benefits and Enhancing Implementation
Understanding the value of a lakehouse and how to get that value faster...
2025 Comprehensive Guide to Apache Iceberg
What is Apache Iceberg, How it Works, and Why it Matters!...
When to use Apache Xtable or Delta Lake Uniform for Data Lakehouse Interoperability
A Guide on when to use Apache Xtable or Delta Lake Uniform for Data Lakehouse Interoperability...
RAG Isn’t a Modeling Problem. It’s a Data Engineering Problem.
Why retrieval-augmented generation systems fail in enterprises—and what to do about it....
Building Pangolin - My Holiday Break, an AI IDE, and a Lakehouse Catalog for the Curious
A personal story of how I built Pangolin Catalog over a holiday break using an AI-powered IDE....
2025 Guide to Architecting an Iceberg Lakehouse
A Comprehensive Guide to Building a Data Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg...
10 Future Apache Iceberg Developments to Look forward to in 2025
What is cool about Apache Iceberg's Future...
Deep Dive into Dremio's File-based Auto Ingestion into Apache Iceberg Tables
Auto ingesting data from JSON, CSV, and Parquet files into Apache Iceberg Tables...
Intro to SQL using Apache Iceberg and Dremio
Intro to SQL using Apache Iceberg and Dremio...
Dremio, Apache Iceberg and their role in AI-Ready Data
The Role of Dremio and Apache Iceberg in AI-Ready Data...
Introduction to Cargo and cargo.toml
Getting Started with Cargo and cargo.toml...
Leveraging Python's Pattern Matching and Comprehensions for Data Analytics
Using Features like Pattern Matching and Comprehensions for Data Analytics...
Hands-on with Apache Iceberg & Dremio on Your Laptop within 10 Minutes
How to get hands-on with Apache Iceberg...
Data Modeling - Entities and Events
How to Model Events and Entities...
All About Parquet Part 01 - An Introduction
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 02 - Parquet's Columnar Storage Model
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 03 - Parquet File Structure | Pages, Row Groups, and Columns
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 04 - Schema Evolution in Parquet
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 05 - Compression Techniques in Parquet
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 06 - Encoding in Parquet | Optimizing for Storage
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 07 - Metadata in Parquet | Improving Data Efficiency
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 08 - Reading and Writing Parquet Files in Python
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 09 - Parquet in Data Lake Architectures
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
All About Parquet Part 10 - Performance Tuning and Best Practices with Parquet
All about the Apache Parquet File Format...
Orchestrating Airflow DAGs with GitHub Actions - A Lightweight Approach to Data Curation Across Spark, Dremio, and Snowflake
Advanced GitHub Actions for Data Engineering...
A Deep Dive Into GitHub Actions From Software Development to Data Engineering
Learning about GitHub Actions...
A Guide to dbt Macros - Purpose, Benefits, and Usage
Learning about dbt Macros...
Data Lakehouse Roundup 1 - News and Insights on the Lakehouse
What's Going on in the Data Lakehouse Space...
Getting Started with Data Analytics Using PyArrow in Python
Learning to work with PyArrow to run analytics...
Working with Collections in Rust | A Comprehensive Guide
Rust Arrays, Vectors and more!...
What is Three-Tier Data (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and How Dremio Simplifies It
Process Data from Raw to Clean Aggregated Data...
A Brief Guide to the Governance of Apache Iceberg Tables
Controlling Access to your Apache Iceberg Tables...
Exploring Data Operations with PySpark, Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, and DataFusion in a Python Notebook
Learning to work with Python to ingest and query data...
Ultimate Directory of Apache Iceberg Resources
Apache Iceberg Education, Tutorials and more!...
Change Data Capture (CDC) when there is no CDC
Handling Synching Changing Data Across Systems...
Virtualization + Lakehouse + Mesh = Data At Scale
Combining Centralization and Decentralization for Data at Scale...
Deep Dive into Data Apps with Streamlit
Building a Deploying Data Apps Easily...
A Deep Dive into Docker Compose
A Comprehensive Guide to Docker Compose...
In-Depth Guide to Working with Strings in Rust
Strings in Rust...
Getting Started with Rust - A Modern Systems Programming Language
Get Started with Rust...
Hands-on with Apache Iceberg on Your Laptop - Deep Dive with Apache Spark, Nessie, Minio, Dremio, Polars and Seaborn
The Evolving Data Lakehouse World...
Why Data Analysts, Engineers, Architects and Scientists Should Care about Dremio and Apache Iceberg
The Evolving Data Lakehouse World...
5 Trends in the Data Lakehouse Space
The Evolving Data Lakehouse World...
Using the alexmerced/datanotebook Docker Image
Setting up a quick and easy data environment for data science and analytics...
Understanding Apache Iceberg Delete Files
Continuing the Understand Apache Iceberg series, this article delves into the Manifest, a critical component of Apache Iceberg's architecture....
Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest
Continuing the Understand Apache Iceberg series, this article delves into the Manifest, a critical component of Apache Iceberg's architecture....
Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest List (Snapshot)
Continuing the Understand Apache Iceberg series, this article delves into the Manifest List, a critical component of Apache Iceberg's architecture....
Understanding Apache Iceberg's Metadata.json
The role and content of the metadata.json...
What Apache Iceberg REST Catalog is and isn't
Understanding Iceberg Catalog Interoperability...
ACID Guarantees and Apache Iceberg - Turning Any Storage into a Data Warehouse
What are ACID Guarantees? WHy do they matter?...
Data Lakehouse 101 - The Who, What and Why of Data Lakehouses
The Who, What and Why of Data Lakehouses...
Understanding the Polaris Iceberg Catalog and Its Architecture
Learn about the new open source Iceberg Catalog in Town...
Apache Iceberg Reliability
Why Apache Iceberg Works...
Upcoming Data Talks from Alex Merced (And how to follow)
Come see me talk live at these events...
Databases Deconstructed - The Value of Data Lakehouses and Table Formats
Building up the Data Lakehouse...
Video Course - Basics of Lakehouse Engineering - Apache Iceberg, Nessie, Dremio
Introductory Course to Data Engineering for Apache Iceberg Lakehouses...
Introduction to Sorting Algorithms in JavaScript
Working with Sorting Algorithms in Javascript...
Partitioning with Apache Iceberg - A Deep Dive
Benefits of Apache Iceberg Partition Evolution and Hidden Partitioning...
3 Reasons Data Engineers Should Embrace Apache Iceberg
Benefits of Apache Iceberg...
Running SQL on your Excel Files From Your Laptop with Dremio
How to run SQL on your Excel files easily...
Deep Dive into Functional Programming in Javascript
Currying, Monad and Memos, Oh my!...
A Deep Intro to Apache Iceberg and Resources for Learning More
Learning about Apache Iceberg...
Understanding the Future of Apache Iceberg Catalogs
Java, Rest and the expanding open lakehouse ecosystem...
End-to-End Basic Data Engineering Tutorial (Spark, Dremio, Superset)
Ingesting Data and Building BI Dashboards...
5 Open Source Data Projects You Should Be Following
Apache Iceberg, Apache Arrow, Nessie, Ibis, Substrait...
5 Reasons Dremio is the Ideal Apache Iceberg Lakehouse Platform
Understanding how catalogs work and which one to choose...
The Apache Iceberg Lakehouse - The Great Data Equalizer
Disrupting the Snowflake/Databricks status quo...
10 Reasons to Make Apache Iceberg and Dremio Part of Your Data Lakehouse Strategy
Understanding how catalogs work and which one to choose...
A deep dive into the concept and world of Apache Iceberg Catalogs
Understanding how catalogs work and which one to choose...
The Role of Ontologies in Data Management
What are ontologies and why they matter...
Introduction to ANSI SQL - Understanding the Syntax and Concepts
Learning the Standard SQL Syntax...
An Introduction to Python
An overview of Python for beginners...
What is the Data Lakehouse and the Role of Apache Iceberg, Nessie and Dremio?
Understanding the Value of the Data Lakehouse...
Mastering Git | A Comprehensive Guide to git pull and git push
Having a better understanding of git pull and git push...
Partitioning Practices in Apache Hive and Apache Iceberg
Deep Dive in Data Lake Table Partitioning...
Columnar vs. Row-based Data Structures in OLTP and OLAP Systems
The Fundamentals of Data Systems...
Understanding JavaScript Promises In-Depth
Understanding Javascript Promises and Asynchronous Code...
Introduction to Data Vault Modeling
Understanding the Data Vault Style of Data Warehouse Modeling...
Table Format FUD - Thinking Through the Table Format Conversion (Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Delta Lake)
Understanding how to choose a table format...
Embracing the Future of Data Management - Why Choose Lakehouse, Iceberg, and Dremio?
The Future of Data Platforms...
Open Lakehouse Engineering/Apache Iceberg Lakehouse Engineering - A Directory of Resources
Resources for learning how to Engineer an Open Data Lakehouse...
Nessie - An Alternative to Hive & JDBC for Self-Managed Apache Iceberg Catalogs
Nessie is the only open-source catalog implementation specifically for Apache Iceberg....
Apache Iceberg, Git-Like Catalog Versioning and Data Lakehouse Management - Pillars of a Robust Data Lakehouse Platform
This is where the combined power of Dremio’s Lakehouse Management features and Project Nessie's catalog-level versioning comes into play....
No Code - Convert XLS/CSV files into Parquet with Dremio
Convert XLS/CSV Files without having to write python...
Why Dremio is a must for Apache Iceberg Data Lakehouses
Why is Dremio so useful for Apache Iceberg data lakehouses...
What is HTMX? Why it Matters? and How to use it.
The framework that is getting all the buzz about reducing the javascript you need to write...
OOP Design Patterns in Javascript
An overview of OOP Design Patterns in Spark...
An In-Depth Overview of Open Lakehouse Tech: Apache Iceberg & Nessie
How to effectively learn software development
Overview of the Open Lakehouse: Why Dremio?
How to build a Java Spring JSON API from scratch
How to write a JSON API in Scala with Play from scratch
An Approach to Architecting a Lower Cost, Fast and Self-Service Data Lakehouse
Building Full CRUD Rest API's with Flask & FastAPI using PsychoPG2
Handling Cross-Origin Cookies with ExpressJS
Creating a Local Data Lakehouse using Spark/Minio/Dremio/Nessie
Project Nessie: A Look in the Depths
Overview of File Encryption Algorithms for Everyone
Parquet File Compression for Everyone (zstd, brotli, lz4, gzip, snappy)
Dremio and Modern Data Architecture: Data Lakes, Data Lakehouses and Data Mesh
What is Nessie and Why as a Data Engineer or Architect you should care?
Resources for Learning more about Catalog level versioning with Project Nessie & Dremio Arctic (Rollbacks, Branching, Tagging and Multi-Table Txns)
Overview of the Data Lakehouse, Dremio and Apache Iceberg
Understanding the Cutting Edge of Data Engineering...
Using SimpleRPC with SvelteKit 1.0/Typescript
Easy to use RPC in your SvelteKit Application...
Implementing a GraphQL API with a Solid-Start Application
Using this cutting edge framework with a Graphql api...
Implementing a tRPC API with a Solid-Start Application
Using this cutting edge framework with a tRPC api...
Building a Todo List with Solid Start
Seeing the Power of the latest javascript meta-framework...
Understanding Spark Configurations with Apache Iceberg
How to configure Spark for using Apache Iceberg...
5 Reasons Your Data Lakehouse should Embrace Dremio Cloud
How your data lakehouse can expand what's possible with Dremio Cloud....
Brief Hands on Intro to Apache Iceberg
Engineer a Data Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg...
Web Development Glossary 2022
The words you need to know as a web professional...
Introduction to The World of Data - (OLTP, OLAP, Data Warehouses, Data Lakes and more)
An accessible high-level guide for data and non-data professionals...
Guide to JSON, YAML and TOML
Popular formats for configuration...
Making Multiple API Calls in Javascript
Different Patterns of Making Multiple API Calls...
A 2022 Introduction to SQL
Learning Structured Query Language...
2022 MongooseJS Cheatsheet
Details on working with MongooseJS...
Express/EJS/Mongooose Build from Zero to Deploy
Building A Full Stack Application with ExpressJS...
ExpressJS Cheatsheet 2022
Easy reference for using express...
Express Todo List for Beginners
Creating backend applications with Nodejs...
Web Storage API Part 1 - LocalStorage and SessionStorage
Where to store data in the users browser...
Creating a Markdown Blog in 2022 with Next JS
Creating a Blog and Deploying with NextJS...
Javascript DOM & jQuery Cheatsheet 2022
All the main bits summed up in one place...
Getting Started with Scala 3
Powerful Functional & OOP JVM Language...
Understanding SSH and What it is for
Logging Securely and Conveniently with SSH...
Understanding RPC (tour of API protocols, gRPC nodejs walkthrough, and Apache Arrow Flight)
How to write Markdown and where you can use it...
Creating a Consistent Developer Environment with Docker
Using Docker to create an Environment in PHP, Ruby, Python and more...
Why All Developers Should Master Markdown
How to write Markdown and where you can use it...
Becoming a Developer in 2022
How to switch careers within 12-18 months...
How to create an One to Many Relationship with Auth in Python with Masonite
Using A Developer Friendly Web Framework in Python...
Auth with Express with JWT, MongoDB, and Postgres
For simple web development...
Simple Setup for Application Wide State in React
Sharing State Across Your React App with just React (No Redux or Recoil)...
MongoDB Relationships using Mongoose in NodeJS
Guide to Relating Data...
The Guide to How to Implement Authorization in any language and framework
Having Users Login...
Creating a GraphQL Based Habit Tracker with Hasura and React (GraphQL/Hasura 101)
GraphQL Made Easy...
Developer Team Work Best Practices (Git, Agile/Scrum/Kanban, CI/CD)
How to be part of a developer team...
My First React App - 2021 Intro to React
The Basics of React...
Comparing React Router 5, 6, and React Location
For simple web development...
Express Templating Cheatsheet
Sever Side Rendering for All the People!...
Methods of Starting a Quick HTTP Server from the Command Line (alternatives to liveserver)
For simple web development...
How to use Neo4j Graph Database in your Node Project (Express, Koa, Fastify, etc.)
Graph Databases are Cool...
Building a Full-Stack Todo App with Typescript, NextJS and Mongo - 0 To Deploy
Trying out the hottest framework around...
Pattern Matching in Javascript with alexmerced-patternmatcher
Like a Switch Statement on Steroids...
Walkthrough - Deploy Anything with Nginx
Getting Data from an external API...
Frontend Javascript Ajax/Http Request Guide
Getting Data from an external API...
Basic Authentication with Node/Express and Mongo
A Beginning oriented dive into databases...
The renaissance of server side rendering with Alpine and HTMX, Reactivity with Minimal JS
A Beginning oriented dive into databases...
3 Ways to make API Requests in React (fetch/axios, merced-react-hooks, react-request)
Getting Data from an external API...
Ultimate Plain Vanilla DOM JS & JQuery Cheatsheet
A Beginning oriented dive into databases...
Understanding Data and Databases 101
A Beginning oriented dive into databases...
Basics of Building a CRUD API with Node (no framework)
Learning the Node HTTP/HTTPS library...
Basics of Building a CRUD API with Typescript (NestJS and FoalTS)
Backend Frameworks with Typescript Support...
Basics of Building a CRUD API with NodeJS - Express, Koa and Fastify
Learning REST conventions with Javascript...
Basics of Building a CRUD API with Ruby Sinatra
Learning REST conventions with Ruby Sinatra...
Basics of Building a CRUD API with Flask or FASTApi
Learning REST conventions with Python Frameworks...
The Concepts of JAMStack 101
Speed, SEO and Security with JAMStack...
Intro to SvelteKit
The new Svelte Based Application Builder...
Basic Intro to NextJS
The next generation of Frontend Frameworks...
Ruby Sinatra with Postgres using Sequel
Connecting a Sinatra App to a Database...
Intro to Ruby Sinatra
Minimalist Ruby Web Framework...
10 Programming Languages Side by Side (JS, Python, Ruby, PHP, GO, Rust, Dart, C Sharp, Java, Ballerina)
Learn Languages by see what's similar and different...
How to Work with Masonite - Python Web Framework
Batteries Included Python Web Framework...
FoalTS - Building a Typescript Based API
Making an API with this Typescript Based Framework...
Python Flask 101 - Intro and API Building
Making an API with this Powerful Python Framework...
Creating Deno Scripts Like Node NPM Scripts
Replicating One of Nodes Greatest Features...
Creating an API with Deno (import maps, deps.ts, etc.)
Using that Cool New Javascript Runtime...
Using Docker & Docker Compose to Create an Express/Neo4J Dev Environment(Intro to Graph Databases)
The Joys of Docker...
Intro to Fastify & The Liquid Templating Language
Making Sure React Works...
The Basics of React Testing With Jest
Making Sure React Works...
React Conditional Rendering
React for Everyone...
Ultimate 2021 Reference for React Functional Components
React for Everyone...
The Wonderful World of Javascript Bundlers
Yay! Javascript Build Tools....
Ultimate Guide to Javascript Functions
What's your function?...
SolidJS - React meets Svelte?
The new shiny frontend toy!...
Pipenv - Yep, another post about Python Virtual Environments
Venv... the best way?...
Ultimate 2021 Guide to Deploying NodeJS (And DenoJS) Apps to Heroku
Heroku CLI, Continuous Integration and more...
Ultimate 2021 List of CSS Frameworks and Component Libraries for Angular, React, Vue and Svelte
Lots of them...
merced-express - Express with a Ruby on Rails Feel
Express... on Rails......
Ultimate Express & Mongo Reference
Building Backends with NodeJS...
Rust & Rocket - Zero to Deploy
Building APIs with Rust...
What is Batch and Streaming Data? (Data 101)
The fundamentals of data engineering...
Creating APIs with Dart & Google Shelf - Zero to Deploy
Using the Fast Growing Dart Language...
Intro to .Net 5 with VSCode - Zero to Deploy
Microsoft Goes Cross Platform...
API With Java Spring & VSCode, from zero to deploy
Using Javas Most Popular Framework...
Intro to Express, Templating and API's (EJS, Handlebars, Mustache, Pug)
Tales of PHP's Demise are Exaggerated...
API With GO Buffalo, from zero to deploy
Buffalo, The Rails of the Go World...
Hello World - Laravel 101 (From Start to Deploy)
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