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A working handbook for data and software engineering.

Hands-on tutorials by Alex Merced on Apache Iceberg, the data lakehouse, pipelines, agentic AI, and the languages and tools that hold it all together.

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  1. 01Building Stateless AI Tool Gateways with FastMCP, the 2026 MCP Spec, and KubernetesHow to build stateless AI tool gateways with FastMCP, the 2026 MCP specification, and Kubernetes, and why statelessness finally makes MCP scale.AI & AgentsAug 19, 2026
  2. 02Zero-Copy Warehouse Modernization: Moving to Apache Iceberg Without DowntimeA practical guide to modernizing a data warehouse to Apache Iceberg without downtime, using federation first, then redirecting new data, then materializing what earns a migration.Apache IcebergAug 19, 2026
  3. 03Write-Audit-Publish with Apache Iceberg Branches: CI/CD for Your DataWrite-Audit-Publish with Apache Iceberg branches brings CI/CD to your data: stage, audit, then fast-forward to main so consumers never see unvalidated bytes.Apache IcebergAug 19, 2026
  4. 04The Plan and the Worker: Two Open Specifications for Agent HarnessesTwo open specifications, the Agentic Graph Specification and the Open Agent Profile, turn agent plans and agent identity into portable, reviewable files.AI & AgentsAug 10, 2026
  5. 05Apache Arrow Flight and ADBC, and Why Database Connectivity Finally Went ColumnarCross-posted. This article’s canonical home is iceberglakehouse.com. A data scientist runs a query against a warehouse. The engine finishes…Data EngineeringAug 06, 2026
  6. 06Budgeting for Agentic Analytics When Every Question Costs Something DifferentBudgeting for agentic analytics when every question costs something different: token economics, query economics, instrumentation, and the cost controls that actually return.AI & AgentsAug 04, 2026