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Serving Sub-Second Queries Over an Iceberg Lakehouse With a Hot Tier

Serving Sub-Second Queries Over an Iceberg Lakehouse With a Hot Tier

A lakehouse cannot serve sub-second queries over seconds-old data. A hot tier in front solves it, with consequences for consistency, governance, and operational surface.

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Surviving Commit Conflicts When Dozens of Writers Hit the Same Iceberg Table

Surviving Commit Conflicts When Dozens of Writers Hit the Same Iceberg Table

Commit conflicts multiply with writer count, and AI agents introduce unpredictable write patterns. Here's how to diagnose, tune, and architect around Iceberg's optimistic concurrency.

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The Jackson 3 Problem in Apache Iceberg, and What It Means for Your Code

The Jackson 3 Problem in Apache Iceberg, and What It Means for Your Code

Jackson 3 changes everything: package names, unchecked exceptions, flipped defaults. Here's what breaks, why the engines are fine and your service isn't, and how to migrate safely.

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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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