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The Parquet Versioning Problem, and Why Iceberg Cares About It

The Parquet Versioning Problem, and Why Iceberg Cares About It

Parquet files have a version field that doesn't reliably signal feature requirements. A new versioning discipline is coming, borrowing from Iceberg's format version model.

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Wiring an AI Agent to Apache Polaris with the Model Context Protocol

Wiring an AI Agent to Apache Polaris with the Model Context Protocol

The catalog is the right attachment point for AI agents working against a lakehouse. Here's how to wire the official Polaris MCP Server and add the read path it deliberately leaves out.

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Guardrails for Analytics Agents That Do More Than Answer Questions

Guardrails for Analytics Agents That Do More Than Answer Questions

The risk isn't agents going rogue, it's agents acting correctly on bad input at machine speed. Here's how to classify actions by consequence, gate capability, and design approval steps people actually use.

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Running an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse With No Internet Connection

Running an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse With No Internet Connection

A practical guide to deploying an Iceberg lakehouse in air-gapped environments: component choices, artifact pipelines, identity without a cloud, and the operational realities that surprise teams.

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