Category: Apache Iceberg

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Agentic Lakehouse Concurrency and Isolation

How Iceberg optimistic concurrency control, partition-level isolation, and idempotency keys enable safe concurrent write...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Anatomy of an Agentic Lakehouse

The four-layer architecture of the agentic lakehouse: object storage, Apache Iceberg table format, Apache Polaris catalo...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Apache Iceberg v4 Roadmap and Metadata Trees

A deep technical breakdown of Apache Iceberg v4's proposed architecture: adaptive metadata trees, one-file commits, rela...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Lakehouse Context Layers with Atlan and Iceberg v3

Lakehouse context layers bridge the gap between raw Iceberg tables and AI agents that need business meaning. Atlan and S...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Goal-Directed Analytics Agents on Apache Iceberg

How goal-directed analytics agents decompose business questions into sub-tasks, execute action loops over Apache Iceberg...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Iceberg Remote Signing for Regulated Datasets

Iceberg REST catalog remote signing provides per-file pre-signed URL access for regulated datasets. How it differs from ...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Apache Iceberg v3 Deletion Vectors on Snowflake

Apache Iceberg v3 deletion vectors replace positional delete files with binary bitmaps in Puffin files, delivering up to...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

CDC Without Complexity Using Iceberg v3 Row Lineage

Iceberg v3 row lineage adds _row_id and _last_updated_sequence_number to every table, enabling native change data captur...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

The 2026 Guide to Iceberg View Federation

Iceberg views standardize SQL view definitions across engines, enabling view federation across Polaris, Nessie, and Grav...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

REST Catalog Credential Vending for Lakehouse Security

Iceberg REST catalog credential vending issues short-lived, table-scoped storage tokens for S3, ADLS, and GCS. How Polar...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Securing Agent Identities in the Lakehouse

How OAuth 2.0 token exchange, OAuth 2.1 device authorization grant, credential vending, and fine-grained access control ...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Bidirectional Iceberg Writes with Horizon Catalog

Snowflake Horizon Catalog enables bidirectional Iceberg writes from external engines like Spark and Trino, powered by Ap...

2026-06-08 • Alex Merced

Zero-Copy Mirroring for Modern Lakehouse Migration

Zero-copy mirroring gives teams a safer migration path because they can expose a lakehouse surface before they duplicate...

2026-05-28 • Alex Merced

Mastering Apache Iceberg v3: What's New and How to Plan Your Upgrade

Apache Iceberg v3 adds deletion vectors, VARIANT type, row lineage, and table encryption. Here's what changed and how to...

2026-05-28 • Alex Merced

How Apache Iceberg Resolves the Hybrid-Cloud Challenge in Heavily Regulated Markets

Apache Iceberg gives regulated enterprises data sovereignty with hybrid-cloud deployments. Learn how open catalogs and I...

2026-05-28 • Alex Merced

Securing Apache Iceberg Tables with Fine-Grained Row and Column Level Access Control

Apache Iceberg doesn't enforce row and column security on its own. Learn how catalog-level governance with Apache Polari...

2026-05-28 • Alex Merced

Designing an Immutable Data Lakehouse: Best Practices for Iceberg Snapshot Expiration

Iceberg snapshot bloat silently kills query performance. Learn the best practices for snapshot expiration, manifest clea...

2026-05-28 • Alex Merced

Decoupling Storage and Compute in Apache Iceberg: A Deep Dive into Cost Optimization

Learn how Apache Iceberg decouples storage from compute to cut data platform costs, enable multi-engine routing, and eli...

2026-05-23 • Alex Merced

An In-Depth Overview of the Apache Iceberg 1.11.0 Release

Apache Iceberg 1.11.0 delivers manifest list encryption, the new pluggable File Format API, credential lifecycle refresh...

2025-09-16 • Alex Merced

The Endgame – Building an Autonomous Optimization Pipeline for Apache Iceberg

Learn how to automate compaction, snapshot expiration, and layout optimization in Apache Iceberg using metadata-driven t...