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Page 1 of 116- 01Mastering Apache Iceberg v3 Deletion Vectors for High-Throughput Streaming IngestApache Iceberg v3 deletion vectors for high-throughput streaming ingest: how bitmaps and Puffin files fix CDC write amplification and read decay.Apache IcebergAug 19, 2026
- 02The Decoupled Data Lakehouse: Multi-Engine Freedom with Open REST CatalogsThe decoupled data lakehouse: multi-engine freedom with open REST catalogs, credential vending, and an estate that outlives its tools.Apache IcebergAug 19, 2026
- 03The Five Layers of an Agentic LakehouseThe five layers of an agentic lakehouse: Storage, Catalog, Semantic, Gateway, and Agent Surface, and how one question travels through all of them.AI & AgentsAug 19, 2026
- 04Goal-Directed Data Quality Agents: Anomaly Quarantine on Apache IcebergGoal-directed data quality agents that watch Apache Iceberg tables, detect anomalies, and quarantine suspect data safely with snapshot isolation and branches.AI & AgentsAug 19, 2026
- 05Managing the TCO of Agentic Analytics: Token Budgets, Query Throttles, and the Economics of AutonomyManaging the total cost of agentic analytics: token budgets, query throttles, unit economics, and the FinOps discipline that keeps AI spend under control.AI & AgentsAug 19, 2026
- 06Metric Contracts in 2026: Standardizing Business Logic Across Multi-Agent FrameworksMetric contracts in 2026: versioned, testable definitions of business logic that let multi-agent frameworks compute revenue identically, with OSI interchange.AI & AgentsAug 19, 2026