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All the articles I've posted.

• 25 MIN READ•May 22, 2026

  Setting Up an AWS-Native Open Lakehouse: Querying Apache Iceberg with AWS Athena and AWS Glue Catalog

  A comprehensive guide to building an open, high-performance lakehouse on AWS using Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue Catalog, Amazon S3, and S3 Tables, with query acceleration via the Dremio engine.

  Apache IcebergAWS AthenaAWS Glue Catalog
• 24 MIN READ•May 22, 2026

  Apache Iceberg Catalogs Explained: REST, Glue, Hive Metastore, Polaris, Nessie, and Snowflake

  A deep dive into Apache Iceberg catalog architecture, comparing REST catalogs, AWS Glue, Project Nessie, Polaris, and Snowflake. Learn catalog role, credential vending, and cross-engine configurations.

  apache icebergcatalogsNessie
• 24 MIN READ•May 22, 2026

  Maintaining Apache Iceberg Tables: Compaction, Snapshot Expiration, and Orphan File Cleanup

  An in-depth guide to orchestrating maintenance operations on Apache Iceberg tables, covering bin-packing, sort-based, Z-Order compaction, snapshot expiration, and orphan file removal, with query acceleration details for the Dremio engine.

  Apache IcebergCompactionData Engineering