Episodes

  • Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog

    Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
    Jun 30 2025
    Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
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  • Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3

    Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3
    Jun 11 2025
    Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
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  • Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!

    Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!
    May 27 2025
    Go to the DataLakehouseHub.com and join my Slack Community Download Free Iceberg Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725iceberg Download Free Polaris Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725Polaris
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  • Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)

    Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
    Apr 6 2025
    Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
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  • Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?

    Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?
    Feb 21 2025
    Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog
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  • 2025, Data Lakehouse Looking Forward

    2025, Data Lakehouse Looking Forward
    Dec 30 2024
    Alex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/
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  • 63 – Reinvent, AWS S3 Table Buckets and Apache Iceberg

    63 – Reinvent, AWS S3 Table Buckets and Apache Iceberg
    Dec 6 2024
    Alex Merced discusses his experience at AWS re:invent follow Alex at AlexMered.com/data
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  • BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)

    BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
    Nov 5 2024
    Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups
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