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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...