Posts - Page 12
All the articles I've posted, page 12.
- 30 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
Iceberg's Next Version Depends on Decisions Being Made in Parquet
The Iceberg and Parquet specifications are co-evolving. Several of the most consequential Iceberg v4 proposals are waiting on Parquet work.
apache icebergapache parquetvariant type - 30 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
Building a Lakehouse That Stays Inside the Border
Residency is a storage location. Sovereignty is who can compel access, who operates the systems, and whether you can leave.
data sovereigntyapache icebergGDPR - 31 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
Table Maintenance Stopped Being a Product
Iceberg table maintenance commoditized when every platform started shipping it. What the six operations are, what they cost, and the observability you.
apache icebergcompactiontable maintenance - 31 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
The Model Class Enterprise Data Teams Are Not Using Yet
Tabular foundation models perform supervised learning in a single forward pass with no training run.
tabular foundation modelsTabPFNmachine learning - 31 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
Three Vendors Are Rebuilding the Path From Transaction to Agent
Databricks, Snowflake, and SAP are closing the gap between operational databases and analytical platforms through acquisition, betting on different layers.
data engineeringapache iceberglakehouse - 31 MIN READ•Jul 25, 2026
What Zero-Copy Actually Costs
Six architectures share the phrase zero-copy, and they have different costs, failure modes, and governance stories.
zero-copydata federationdata sharing - 31 MIN READ•Jul 24, 2026
The Filters We Build: Scams, Slop, and the Search for Signal, From Radio Ads to AI
How every media era from radio to AI forces humanity to build new cognitive filters, the shield against scams and the sieve for finding signal in an ocean.
MediaAICognitive Filters - 31 MIN READ•Jul 24, 2026
The Breakdown of the Open Lakehouse in 2026: Iceberg, Arrow, Polaris, Parquet, and Ossie, and How to Actually Build One
A detailed breakdown of the five Apache projects powering the open lakehouse in 2026, Parquet, Iceberg, Polaris, Arrow, and Ossie, and how to build one.
Apache IcebergApache ParquetApache Arrow - 31 MIN READ•Jul 24, 2026
Understanding the RAMpocalypse: An Economic Autopsy of the Great Memory Shortage and What Comes Next
An economic autopsy of the 2026 memory shortage, why DRAM prices surged 90% in a quarter, and what supply, demand, and market structure mean.
DRAMMemory ShortageEconomics - 31 MIN READ•Jul 24, 2026
The Own Goal: What the Hugging Face Breach Reveals About Why Open Models Are a Security Necessity
How the 2026 Hugging Face breach proved that open models are a security necessity, closed models failed to defend, an open Chinese model succeeded.
AI SecurityOpen SourceOpen Models - 20 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Active Analytics Loops for AI Action Agents
An in-depth exploration of active analytics loops for ai action agents
AI AgentsAnalyticsData Engineering - 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Apache Polaris and Multi-Engine Iceberg Catalogs
An in-depth exploration of apache polaris and multi-engine iceberg catalogs
Apache PolarisIceberg CatalogInteroperability