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• 7 MIN READ•Apr 29, 2026

  Using Apache Iceberg with Python and MPP Query Engines

  Access Iceberg tables from Python with PyIceberg, DuckDB, and Polars, or through MPP engines like Dremio, Spark, and Trino. Here is how each approach works.

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• 7 MIN READ•Apr 29, 2026

  Apache Iceberg Metadata Tables: Querying the Internals

  Iceberg metadata tables let you query snapshots, files, manifests, and partitions using SQL. Here is every metadata table and how to use them.

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• 7 MIN READ•Apr 29, 2026

  Maintaining Apache Iceberg Tables: Compaction, Expiry, and Cleanup

  Keep Iceberg tables fast with compaction, snapshot expiry, orphan cleanup, and manifest rewriting. Here is when and how to run each operation.

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