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Dev.to · Alex Merced
2d ago
AI Tools Race Heats Up: Week of April 3–9, 2026
Microsoft shipped Agent Framework 1.0 this week with full MCP and A2A support, AMD posted record...
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2d ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: April 3–9, 2026
The open lakehouse community gathered in San Francisco this week for the biggest Iceberg Summit yet,...
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1w ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: March 16 – April 2, 2026
The past two and a half weeks have been defined by one looming event: the Iceberg Summit on April 8–9...
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2w ago
# Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: March 20–27, 2026
With the Iceberg Summit less than two weeks away, the open lakehouse ecosystem spent this week in a...
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3w ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: March 10–17, 2026
The open lakehouse stack had one of its busiest weeks in months. Arrow Java 19.0.0 shipped and the...
Dev.to · Alex Merced
1mo ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: March 3–10, 2026
The Apache lakehouse ecosystem had another active week. AI and ML workloads continued to drive design...
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1mo ago
My Non-Fiction Library: Books on Data Lakehouses, Apache Iceberg, AI, and Beyond
I have spent the last several years writing, teaching, and speaking about data architecture, open...
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1mo ago
How to Use Dremio with Claude Code: Connect, Query, and Build Data Apps
Learn about Dremio's new Native Claude Connector Purchase a Copy of "The 2026 Guide to Lakehouses,...
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1mo ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: February 26 – March 5, 2026
Get Data Lakehouse Books: Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide Apache Polaris: The Definitive...
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1mo ago
Data Engineering Best Practices: The Complete Checklist
Best practices documents are easy to write and hard to use. They list principles without context,...
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1mo ago
Pipeline Observability: Know When Things Break
An analyst messages you on Slack: "The revenue numbers look wrong. Is the pipeline broken?" You...
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1mo ago
Testing Data Pipelines: What to Validate and When
Ask an application developer how they test their code and they'll describe unit tests, integration...
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1mo ago
Partition and Organize Data for Performance
A table with 500 million rows takes 45 seconds to query. After partitioning it by date, the same...
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1mo ago
Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: February 18–25, 2026
Get Data Lakehouse Books: Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide Apache Polaris: The Defintive...
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1mo ago
Batch vs. Streaming: Choose the Right Processing Model
"We need real-time data." This is one of the most expensive sentences in data engineering — because...
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1mo ago
Schema Evolution Without Breaking Consumers
A source team renames a column from user_id to customer_id. Twelve hours later, five dashboards...
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1mo ago
Data Quality Is a Pipeline Problem, Not a Dashboard Problem
When an analyst finds null values in a revenue column, the typical response is to add a calculated...
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1mo ago
How to Design Reliable Data Pipelines
Most pipeline failures aren't caused by bad code. They're caused by no architecture. A script that...
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1mo ago
How to Think Like a Data Engineer
The median lifespan of a popular data tool is about three years. The tool you master today may be...
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1mo ago
Semantic Layer Best Practices: 7 Mistakes to Avoid
Semantic layers don't fail because the technology is wrong. They fail because of design decisions...
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1mo ago
How a Self-Documenting Semantic Layer Reduces Data Team Toil
Every data team knows documentation is important. And almost every data team has a backlog of...
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1mo ago
Headless BI: How a Universal Semantic Layer Replaces Tool-Specific Models
Your organization uses Tableau for executive dashboards, Power BI for operational reports, and...
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1mo ago
The Role of the Semantic Layer in Data Governance
Most organizations have a data governance policy. It lives in a Confluence page. It defines who...
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1mo ago
Why Your AI Initiatives Fail Without a Semantic Layer
Your team builds an AI agent. It connects to your data warehouse. A product manager types "What was...
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