Posts - Page 20
All the articles I've posted, page 20.
- 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Iceberg Variant Type for AI JSON Data
Why JSON strings and map columns fall short for LLM outputs and agent logs, and how a native Iceberg variant type stores and queries nested AI payloads instead.
Apache IcebergVariant TypeJSON - 18 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Iceberg Concurrency for AI Agent Writes
How Iceberg optimistic concurrency behaves when fleets of agents commit, and how partition isolation, commit queues, and ingestion gateways prevent conflicts.
Apache IcebergConcurrencyAI Agents - 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
MCP Stateless Gateways for Data Agents
Why stateful MCP servers fail to scale under agent load, and how stateless gateways handle credential delegation, context isolation, and database guardrails.
MCPData GatewaysAI Agents - 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Policy Layer for Autonomous AI Data Agents
Why a prompt is not a security boundary for autonomous data agents, and how a runtime policy layer enforces query limits, egress quotas, and isolation pools.
SecurityPolicy EnforcementMulti-Agent Systems - 16 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
REST Catalog Credential Vending for Iceberg
How Iceberg REST catalog credential vending replaces static cloud keys with short-lived scoped credentials, what the catalog controls, and how to limit agents.
REST CatalogSecurityCredential Vending - 18 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
REST Catalog V2: Fixing Iceberg Protocol Debt
Where the Iceberg REST catalog v1 protocol strains under BI and agent planning load, and how batch table loading, caching, and stateless servers address it.
REST Catalog v2IcebergProtocol - 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Semantic View Autopilot for AI Governance
Where AI-drafted metric definitions and semantic views help, where they go wrong, and how lineage, programmatic review, and accuracy checks keep them honest.
Semantic LayerGovernanceAI Agents - 17 MIN READ•Jul 13, 2026
Zero-Copy Mirroring to Open Iceberg Tables
When zero-copy mirroring to Iceberg works and when it does not: assessing schemas, translating files, rebuilding logic, staying fresh, and validating cutover.
Zero-CopyMigrationIceberg - 30 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
The State of Apache Iceberg v4 in July 2026: What the Dev List Tells Us About the Format's Next Chapter
What the Iceberg v4 dev list tells us about adaptive metadata trees, single-file commits, column updates, and the format's next chapter in mid-2026.
Apache Icebergdata engineeringlakehouse architecture - 28 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
The State of Apache Arrow in 2026: Ten Years In, the Invisible Standard Is Everywhere
Apache Arrow at 10, ADBC, Flight SQL, nanoarrow, the AI reinterpretation, and how an in-memory standard eliminated the copy tax across the data stack.
Apache Arrowdata engineeringlakehouse architecture - 28 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
The State of Apache Parquet in 2026: The Quiet Format Enters Its Loudest Decade
Apache Parquet in 2026, variant types, geospatial, ALP encoding, footer redesign, the versioning debate, and how the decade-old format is renovating.
Apache Parquetdata engineeringlakehouse architecture - 29 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
The State of Apache Polaris in July 2026: From Incubating Catalog to the Governance Layer of the Open Lakehouse
Apache Polaris as a TLP, federation, credential vending, semantic layers, lineage, and how the open catalog became the governance plane.
Apache Polarisdata engineeringlakehouse architecture