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Page 6 of 133- 01The Data Team of the Agentic Era: Generalists Owning End-to-End WorkflowsThe case for generalists owning end-to-end data workflows with agents, the counterargument, and how to make the transition work.AI & DataSep 02, 2026
- 02dbt on Iceberg: Incremental Models on Open TablesHow dbt incremental materializations map to Iceberg operations, and the configuration, predicates, and maintenance that keep them healthy.Data EngineeringSep 02, 2026
- 03Disaster Recovery for Iceberg Tables: Replication, Backup, and RestoreDisaster recovery for Iceberg across four tiers: snapshots, object versioning, catalog backup, and cross-region replication.Apache IcebergSep 02, 2026
- 04Deleting User Data From an Immutable Lakehouse: GDPR Hard Deletes on IcebergHow to turn a logical delete on immutable Iceberg into a physical erasure across snapshots, versions, replicas, and downstream copies.Data GovernanceSep 02, 2026
- 05Default Column Values and Field IDs: How Iceberg Schema Evolution Works at the Spec LevelHow field IDs and initial and write defaults let Iceberg change schemas on large tables without rewriting data, at the spec level.Apache IcebergSep 02, 2026
- 06Geospatial Data in Apache Iceberg: Geometry, Geography, and GeoParquetHow Iceberg v3 geometry and geography types, bounding boxes, and native Parquet types give spatial data first-class standing.Apache IcebergSep 02, 2026