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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering 1mo ago

Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: August 10 to 18, 2026

The lakehouse community spent this week deciding what gets carried forward and what gets left behind....

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering 3mo ago

Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: June 9 to 16, 2026

This was a week of votes that passed and arguments that opened. Iceberg shipped three formal...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo ago

Using Apache Iceberg with Python and MPP Query Engines

This is Part 12 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 11 covered metadata tables. This...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering 3mo ago

Maintaining Apache Iceberg Tables: Compaction, Expiry, and Cleanup

This is Part 10 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 9 covered how tables degrade. This...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering 3mo ago

When Catalogs Are Embedded in Storage

This is Part 8 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 7 covered the traditional catalog...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Writing to an Apache Iceberg Table: How Commits and ACID Actually Work

This is Part 6 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 5 covered hidden partitioning. This...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Hidden Partitioning: How Iceberg Eliminates Accidental Full Table Scans

This is Part 5 of a 15-part Apache Iceberg Masterclass. Part 4 covered partition evolution. This...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: May 13-20, 2026

This was a release-heavy week across the lakehouse projects. Iceberg pushed 1.11.0 through a fourth...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering 4mo ago

Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: April 16–22, 2026

Two weeks past the Iceberg Summit, the San Francisco in-person alignments are now translating into...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 7mo ago

Apache Data Lakehouse Weekly: January 20–27, 2026

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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 9mo ago

Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Dec 9th - Dec15th, 2025)

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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 9mo ago

Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Nov 24-Dec 8, 2025)

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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 9mo ago

dremioframe & iceberg: Pythonic interfaces for Dremio and Apache Iceberg

Modern data teams want simple tools to work with Iceberg tables and Dremio. Two new Python libraries...

Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 9mo ago

Apache Dev List Digest: Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow & Parquet (Nov 18–24, 2025)

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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 10mo ago

Apache Dev Mail Digest: Iceberg & Polaris (Nov 12–17, 2025)

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Dev.to · Alex Merced 🔄 Data Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 10mo ago

The State of Apache Iceberg, Polaris, and Arrow: November 5-11

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