Posts - Page 5
All the articles I've posted, page 5.
- 19 MIN READ•May 31, 2026
Data Platform AI Agent Tooling in 2026: 11 Vendors Compared
How Dremio, Snowflake, Databricks, Fabric, AWS, Google Cloud, ClickHouse, Doris, Spice, Bauplan, and Qlik expose data to AI agents: MCP servers, agents, CLIs.
AI AgentsData PlatformsMCP - 23 MIN READ•Jun 1, 2026
ChatGPT vs Claude in 2026: Plans, Prices, and Features
ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro both cost $20 a month. Compare every tier from Free to Pro and Max, the current models, Cowork, Dispatch, and which plan to choose.
aiartificial intelligencemachine learning - 23 MIN READ•Jun 1, 2026
Run AI Locally: Ollama, Open Models, and Hermes Agent
Run AI on your own computer: the hardware you need, which open models fit 8GB to 24GB of VRAM, and how Ollama, LM Studio, OpenCode, and Hermes fit together.
aiartificial intelligencemachine learning - 31 MIN READ•Jun 8, 2026
Best Agentic Coding Tools in 2026: A Practical Comparison
The best agentic coding tools in 2026 are Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, and Antigravity CLI. Compare models, pricing, and governance.
AI agentscoding CLI agentsAI coding IDEs - 20 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
S3 Tables MCP Server: Load and Query Iceberg with AI
AWS Labs' S3 Tables MCP server lets an AI agent create Iceberg tables, import CSV or Parquet files from S3, and append rows once --allow-write is enabled.
conversational aiamazon s3 tablesmcp - 20 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
MCP 2026-07-28 Spec: Stateless MCP for Data Platforms
MCP 2026-07-28 shipped July 28, 2026: no initialize handshake, no session IDs, a new server/discover call. What stateless MCP means for data platform tools.
model context protocolmcpdata platforms - 31 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
ASF vs Linux Foundation vs CNCF: Which Fits a New Project?
Pick the ASF for vendor-neutral, individual-led governance, the Linux Foundation for a funded company consortium, or the CNCF for cloud native infrastructure.
open sourcefoundationsapache - 32 MIN READ•Jul 6, 2026
Agentic AI Standards in 2026: MCP vs A2A and the Full Stack
MCP connects agents to tools; A2A connects agents to each other. A 2026 map of agentic AI standards: MCP, A2A, WebMCP, Apache Ossie (OSI), and agent payments.
Apache Icebergdata engineeringlakehouse architecture - 33 MIN READ•Jul 24, 2026
RAMpocalypse Explained: Why RAM Prices Spiked in 2026
Why RAM prices spiked in 2026: AI demand pulled DRAM wafers into HBM, contract prices jumped about 90% in one quarter, and new fabs arrive no sooner than 2027.
DRAMMemory ShortageEconomics - 33 MIN READ•Sep 2, 2026
Great Expectations vs Soda vs dbt Tests: Data Quality Tools
Great Expectations, Soda, dbt tests and anomaly detection tools compared on check language, where they run, cost, Iceberg metadata use and 2026 vendor changes.
Great ExpectationsSodadbt - 14 MIN READ•Mar 7, 2026
Codex Context Window: Limits, Compaction, and AGENTS.md
Codex context window: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna list 1.05M tokens in the API. Check your Codex limit with /status and free space with /compact.
AI toolscontext managementprompt engineering - 31 MIN READ•Oct 12, 2026
What Apache Polaris 1.9.0 Brings to Low-Egress Multi-Cloud Catalogs
What Apache Polaris 1.9.0 adds for multi-cloud lakehouses: Cloudflare R2 credential vending, a DynamoDB persistence backend, and the Iceberg 1.12 client.
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