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Page 4 of 125- 01Will AI Replace Data Engineers?What the evidence shows about whether AI replaces data engineers, which parts of the job compress, and which parts do not.AI & DataSep 02, 2026
- 02Synthetic Data in the Lakehouse: Generation, Governance, and TestingWhat synthetic data in a lakehouse is for, the generation methods, how to preserve fidelity, and where synthetic tables belong.Data EngineeringSep 02, 2026
- 03Agent-Driven Storage Tiering for Apache Iceberg: Moving Cold Data Without Breaking QueriesA background agent can move cold Iceberg partitions to cheaper tiers without breaking live queries. Heatmaps, path-safe moves, and restore paths.Apache IcebergAug 25, 2026
- 04Securing the Agentic Lakehouse Gateway: Preventing Prompt Injection and Data ExfiltrationAgentic lakehouse gateways face prompt injection and exfiltration through query results. A threat model and defenses for the layer in front of data.AI & AgentsAug 25, 2026
- 05Apache Ossie and Apache Polaris: Putting Semantic Models in the Open CatalogApache Ossie and Polaris put metric definitions in the open catalog. What the spec covers, what Polaris stores, and what is still unfinished.Semantic LayerAug 25, 2026
- 06Arrow Flight SQL and ADBC: Why the Database Driver Is the Slowest Part of Your QueryJDBC and ODBC often dominate large-result time. Flight SQL and ADBC keep data columnar from server to client, with Python, Go, and Rust examples.Data EngineeringAug 25, 2026