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2025 Guide to Architecting an Iceberg Lakehouse

2025 Guide to Architecting an Iceberg Lakehouse

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10 Future Apache Iceberg Developments to Look forward to in 2025

10 Future Apache Iceberg Developments to Look forward to in 2025

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Deep Dive into Dremio's File-based Auto Ingestion into Apache Iceberg Tables

Deep Dive into Dremio's File-based Auto Ingestion into Apache Iceberg Tables

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Intro to SQL using Apache Iceberg and Dremio

Intro to SQL using Apache Iceberg and Dremio

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Dremio, Apache Iceberg and their role in AI-Ready Data

Dremio, Apache Iceberg and their role in AI-Ready Data

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Introduction to Cargo and cargo.toml

Introduction to Cargo and cargo.toml

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Leveraging Python's Pattern Matching and Comprehensions for Data Analytics

Leveraging Python's Pattern Matching and Comprehensions for Data Analytics

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Hands-on with Apache Iceberg & Dremio on Your Laptop within 10 Minutes

Hands-on with Apache Iceberg & Dremio on Your Laptop within 10 Minutes

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Data Modeling - Entities and Events

Data Modeling - Entities and Events

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All About Parquet Part 10 - Performance Tuning and Best Practices with Parquet

All About Parquet Part 10 - Performance Tuning and Best Practices with Parquet

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All About Parquet Part 09 - Parquet in Data Lake Architectures

All About Parquet Part 09 - Parquet in Data Lake Architectures

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All About Parquet Part 08 - Reading and Writing Parquet Files in Python

All About Parquet Part 08 - Reading and Writing Parquet Files in Python

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All About Parquet Part 07 - Metadata in Parquet | Improving Data Efficiency

All About Parquet Part 07 - Metadata in Parquet | Improving Data Efficiency

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All About Parquet Part 06 - Encoding in Parquet | Optimizing for Storage

All About Parquet Part 06 - Encoding in Parquet | Optimizing for Storage

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All About Parquet Part 05 - Compression Techniques in Parquet

All About Parquet Part 05 - Compression Techniques in Parquet

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All About Parquet Part 04 - Schema Evolution in Parquet

All About Parquet Part 04 - Schema Evolution in Parquet

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All About Parquet Part 03 - Parquet File Structure | Pages, Row Groups, and Columns

All About Parquet Part 03 - Parquet File Structure | Pages, Row Groups, and Columns

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All About Parquet Part 02 - Parquet's Columnar Storage Model

All About Parquet Part 02 - Parquet's Columnar Storage Model

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All About Parquet Part 01 - An Introduction

All About Parquet Part 01 - An Introduction

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Orchestrating Airflow DAGs with GitHub Actions - A Lightweight Approach to Data Curation Across Spark, Dremio, and Snowflake

Orchestrating Airflow DAGs with GitHub Actions - A Lightweight Approach to Data Curation Across Spark, Dremio, and Snowflake

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A Deep Dive Into GitHub Actions From Software Development to Data Engineering

A Deep Dive Into GitHub Actions From Software Development to Data Engineering

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A Guide to dbt Macros - Purpose, Benefits, and Usage

A Guide to dbt Macros - Purpose, Benefits, and Usage

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Data Lakehouse Roundup #1 - News and Insights on the Lakehouse

Data Lakehouse Roundup #1 - News and Insights on the Lakehouse

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Getting Started with Data Analytics Using PyArrow in Python

Getting Started with Data Analytics Using PyArrow in Python

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Working with Collections in Rust | A Comprehensive Guide

Working with Collections in Rust | A Comprehensive Guide

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What is Three-Tier Data (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and How Dremio Simplifies It

What is Three-Tier Data (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and How Dremio Simplifies It

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Exploring Data Operations with PySpark, Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, and DataFusion in a Python Notebook

Exploring Data Operations with PySpark, Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, and DataFusion in a Python Notebook

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A Brief Guide to the Governance of Apache Iceberg Tables

A Brief Guide to the Governance of Apache Iceberg Tables

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Ultimate Directory of Apache Iceberg Resources

Ultimate Directory of Apache Iceberg Resources

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Change Data Capture (CDC) when there is no CDC

Change Data Capture (CDC) when there is no CDC

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Virtualization + Lakehouse + Mesh = Data At Scale

Virtualization + Lakehouse + Mesh = Data At Scale

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Deep Dive into Data Apps with Streamlit

Deep Dive into Data Apps with Streamlit

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A Deep Dive into Docker Compose

A Deep Dive into Docker Compose

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In-Depth Guide to Working with Strings in Rust

In-Depth Guide to Working with Strings in Rust

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Getting Started with Rust: A Modern Systems Programming Language

Getting Started with Rust: A Modern Systems Programming Language

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Hands-on with Apache Iceberg on Your Laptop: Deep Dive with Apache Spark, Nessie, Minio, Dremio, Polars and Seaborn

Hands-on with Apache Iceberg on Your Laptop: Deep Dive with Apache Spark, Nessie, Minio, Dremio, Polars and Seaborn

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Why Data Analysts, Engineers, Architects and Scientists Should Care about Dremio and Apache Iceberg

Why Data Analysts, Engineers, Architects and Scientists Should Care about Dremio and Apache Iceberg

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5 Trends in the Data Lakehouse Space

5 Trends in the Data Lakehouse Space

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Using the alexmerced/datanotebook Docker Image

Using the alexmerced/datanotebook Docker Image

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Understanding Apache Iceberg Delete Files

Understanding Apache Iceberg Delete Files

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Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest File

Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest File

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Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest List (Snapshot)

Understanding the Apache Iceberg Manifest List (Snapshot)

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Understanding Apache Iceberg's metadata.json file

Understanding Apache Iceberg's metadata.json file

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What Apache Iceberg REST Catalog is and isn't

What Apache Iceberg REST Catalog is and isn't

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ACID Guarantees and Apache Iceberg: Turning Any Storage into a Data Warehouse

ACID Guarantees and Apache Iceberg: Turning Any Storage into a Data Warehouse

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Data Lakehouse 101: The Who, What and Why of Data Lakehouses

Data Lakehouse 101: The Who, What and Why of Data Lakehouses

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Understanding the Polaris Iceberg Catalog and Its Architecture

Understanding the Polaris Iceberg Catalog and Its Architecture

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Reliability with Apache Iceberg

Reliability with Apache Iceberg

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Upcoming Data Talks from Alex Merced (And how to follow)

Upcoming Data Talks from Alex Merced (And how to follow)

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Databases Deconstructed: The Value of Data Lakehouses and Table Formats

Databases Deconstructed: The Value of Data Lakehouses and Table Formats

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Despite Uniform and Apache XTable, your choice of Table Format still matters (Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake)

Despite Uniform and Apache XTable, your choice of Table Format still matters (Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake)

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Clustering vs Partitioning your Apache Iceberg Tables

Clustering vs Partitioning your Apache Iceberg Tables

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Shades of Open Source - Understanding The Many Meanings of "Open"

Shades of Open Source - Understanding The Many Meanings of "Open"

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Introduction to Sorting Algorithms in JavaScript

Introduction to Sorting Algorithms in JavaScript

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Apache Iceberg and Data Lakehouse Partitioning

Apache Iceberg and Data Lakehouse Partitioning

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3 Reasons Data Engineers Should Embrace Apache Iceberg

3 Reasons Data Engineers Should Embrace Apache Iceberg

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Guide to Starting or Joining Your Local Apache Iceberg Community

Guide to Starting or Joining Your Local Apache Iceberg Community

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Running SQL on your Excel Files From Your Laptop with Dremio

Running SQL on your Excel Files From Your Laptop with Dremio

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A Deep Intro to Apache Iceberg and Resources for Learning More

A Deep Intro to Apache Iceberg and Resources for Learning More

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Deep Dive into Functional Programming in Javascript

Deep Dive into Functional Programming in Javascript

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