Podcast: DataNation – Podcast for Data Engineers, Analysts and Scientists

• October 19, 2023

  44 – Multi-Table Versioning and why Abstractions Matter

  There is a reason the Git-for-Data Paradigm of Nessie catalogs is so essential, not only for the versioning features it provides but also the level of abstraction it provides them. In this episode, I discuss this more.
• August 23, 2023

  43 – Building a Data Lakehouse on your Laptop

  In just a few commands, you can have everything you need to practice ingestion and querying with popular data software. Just install Docker and then run the commands in the image. You can also follow the directions in this blog:https://lnkd.in/eDiC8fc6 Also try out this video series:https://lnkd.in/gp843ErM
• July 12, 2023

  42 – Window Functions and Apache Iceberg Metadata Tables

  Alex Merced describes what are window function, and how they can be applied to Apache Iceberg Metadata tables
• June 29, 2023

  41 – Databricks’ “Open” Problem and the Need for an Agnostic Intermediate Data Lakehouse Table Format

  Alex Merced discusses some of the fallout from Databricks’ UNIFormat announcement, and the innovation the industry needs to unlock the data lakehouse. Follow me on twitter @amdatalakehouse
• June 28, 2023

  40 – Big Announcements for Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake and Apache Hudi from Snowflake and Databricks

  Alex Merced discusses some of the big announcements from this weeks conferences. Make sure to checkout Gnarly Data Waves on your favorite podcast app.
• June 23, 2023

  39 – What are Dremio’s Data Reflections and why are they so cool!

  Alex Merced explains what are Dremio reflection and how they bring you speed, reduce storage costs, and do so while keeping things easy for your end users. Follow Alex on twitter @amdatalakehouse
• June 20, 2023

  38 – What is a DAG? (Directed Acyclic Graphs)

  Follow Alex Merced @amdatalakehouse
• June 16, 2023

  37 – Dremio, Data Lakehouses and Generative AI

  Alex Merced discusses Dremio’s new generative AI Features and the future of Data Lakehouses. Follow Alex on twitter @amdatalakehouse
• May 23, 2023

  36 – ELT & ETL: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

  Alex Merced reflects on a recent article from Lauren Balik on the topic of ELT. Here is the Article:https://medium.com/@laurengreerbalik/how-fivetran-dbt-actually-fail-3a20083b2506 Launren’s Twitter: @laurenbalik My Twitter handle: @amdatalakehouse
• May 8, 2023

  35 – Data Lakehouse Statistics (Understanding Parquet and Iceberg)

  Alex Merced helps explain how stats are collected and used when working with Parquet files and Apache Iceberg tables. Follow Alex on twitter @amdatalakehouse