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Page 32 of 133- 01The File Format Renaissance: Parquet, Lance, Vortex, Nimble, BtrBlocks, and the New Physics of Columnar StorageCross-posted. This article’s canonical home is Alex Merced’s Lakehouse Blog. The File Format Renaissance: Parquet, Lance, Vortex, Nimble…Data EngineeringJul 06, 2026
- 02Enforcing Fine-Grained Security at Machine Speed: Dynamic Access Control for High-Frequency AI AgentsCross-posted. This article’s canonical home is Alex Merced’s Lakehouse Blog. Enforcing Fine-Grained Security at Machine Speed: Dynamic…AI & AgentsJul 06, 2026
- 03High-Performance Columnar Transfers: Combining Apache Arrow Flight and Iceberg REST CatalogsThat is a healthy direction for analytics, BI, data science, and AI agents.LakehouseJul 06, 2026
- 04Mapping the Variant Type in Iceberg v3: Standardizing Semi-Structured AI JSON PayloadsCross-posted. This article’s canonical home is Alex Merced’s Lakehouse Blog. Mapping the Variant Type in Iceberg v3: Standardizing Semi…Apache IcebergJul 06, 2026
- 05Implementing Positional Deletes in Iceberg v3: Streamlining Merge-on-Read for Fast-Inbound Event LakesCross-posted. This article’s canonical home is Alex Merced’s Lakehouse Blog. Implementing Positional Deletes in Iceberg v3: Streamlining…Apache IcebergJul 06, 2026
- 06The State of Apache Iceberg v4 in July 2026: What the Dev List Tells Us About the Format's Next ChapterWhat the Iceberg v4 dev list tells us about adaptive metadata trees, single-file commits, column updates, and the format's next chapter in mid-2026.Apache IcebergJul 06, 2026