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692 posts from Alex's blogs and newsletters, newest first. Thoughts on tech, data, policy, and philosophy.
Libertarians and the Environment: A Better Case for a Cleaner World
TL;DR Libertarians are not anti-environment....
AI and the Labor Market: Fear, Evidence, and a Free People's Response
TL;DR The fear that machines will destroy all the jobs is as old as the machines themselves....
Active Analytics Loops for AI Action Agents
An in-depth exploration of active analytics loops for ai action agents...
Apache Polaris and Multi-Engine Iceberg Catalogs
An in-depth exploration of apache polaris and multi-engine iceberg catalogs...
Automated Materialized Views in Dremio
An in-depth exploration of automated materialized views in dremio...
The Chase-Catch Gap in Enterprise AI Agents
An in-depth exploration of the chase-catch gap in enterprise ai agents...
Data Lakehouse Open Standards for AI Agents
An in-depth exploration of data lakehouse open standards for ai agents...
Dremio Lakehouse AI Report: Agentic Lessons
An in-depth exploration of dremio lakehouse ai report: agentic lessons...
Five-Layer Agentic Lakehouse Architecture
An in-depth exploration of five-layer agentic lakehouse architecture...
GSA MCP Servers for Open Data AI Agents
An in-depth exploration of gsa mcp servers for open data ai agents...
Hybrid Lakehouse Design for Regulated Markets
An in-depth exploration of hybrid lakehouse design for regulated markets...
Iceberg v3 Deletion Vectors and Faster DML
An in-depth exploration of iceberg v3 deletion vectors and faster dml...
Iceberg Variant Type for AI JSON Data
An in-depth exploration of iceberg variant type for ai json data...
Iceberg Concurrency for AI Agent Writes
An in-depth exploration of iceberg concurrency for ai agent writes...
MCP Stateless Gateways for Data Agents
An in-depth exploration of mcp stateless gateways for data agents...
Policy Layer for Autonomous AI Data Agents
An in-depth exploration of policy layer for autonomous ai data agents...
REST Catalog Credential Vending for Iceberg
An in-depth exploration of rest catalog credential vending for iceberg...
REST Catalog V2: Fixing Iceberg Protocol Debt
An in-depth exploration of rest catalog v2: fixing iceberg protocol debt...
Semantic View Autopilot for AI Governance
An in-depth exploration of semantic view autopilot for ai governance...
Zero-Copy Mirroring to Open Iceberg Tables
An in-depth exploration of zero-copy mirroring to open iceberg tables...
Immigration: The Honest Breakdown
TL;DR The immigration debate in the United States produces more heat than light because both sides argue from selective evidence while the system itse...
The State of Apache Iceberg v4 in July 2026: What the Dev List Tells Us About the Format's Next Chapter
What the Iceberg v4 dev list tells us about adaptive metadata trees, single-file commits, column updates, and the format's next chapter in mid-2026....
The State of Agentic AI Standards in 2026: MCP, A2A, WebMCP, OSI, and the Protocol Stack Taking Shape
The agentic AI protocol stack is solidifying in 2026, MCP for tools, A2A for agents, WebMCP for the web, OSI for semantics, payments, identity....
The State of Apache Arrow in 2026: Ten Years In, the Invisible Standard Is Everywhere
Apache Arrow at 10, ADBC, Flight SQL, nanoarrow, the AI reinterpretation, and how an in-memory standard eliminated the copy tax across the data stack....