Alex Merced — Developer and technical writer sharing in-depth insights on data engineering, Apache Iceberg, data lakehouse architectures, Python tooling, and modern analytics platforms, with a strong focus on practical, hands-on learning.
418 articles from this blog
Explores how Dremio's platform simplifies building and managing Apache Iceberg-based data lakehouses with governance, performance, and self-service.
A comprehensive guide to implementing Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design patterns in JavaScript, covering creational, structural, and behavioral patterns.
Explores Apache Iceberg and Project Nessie, key open-source technologies powering the flexible and vendor-neutral Open Lakehouse data architecture.
A guide on learning software development effectively, covering language choice, early practice with simple challenges, and building a todo app.
A step-by-step tutorial on building a JSON API using Java Spring Boot, Maven, and PostgreSQL.
A step-by-step tutorial on building a JSON API in Scala using the Play framework, covering project setup, database configuration, and controller creation.
A guide to building a cost-effective, high-performance, and self-service data lakehouse architecture, addressing common pitfalls and outlining key principles.
A tutorial on building full CRUD REST APIs using Flask and FastAPI with the Psycopg2 PostgreSQL adapter, comparing it to ORMs.
A tutorial on building a local Data Lakehouse using Docker Compose with Apache Spark, Minio, Dremio, and Nessie.
Project Nessie is a version control system for data lakes, bringing Git-like operations to manage and track changes in data assets.
An overview of popular file encryption algorithms like AES, MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-2, explaining their uses and how to choose the right one for data security.
A guide comparing popular data compression codecs (zstd, brotli, lz4, gzip, snappy) for Parquet files, explaining their trade-offs for big data.
Explains Project Nessie, an open-source data catalog for Apache Iceberg tables, and its importance for data engineers and architects building data lakehouses.
Explores catalog-level data versioning with Project Nessie and Dremio Arctic, covering branching, rollbacks, and multi-table transactions for data lakehouses.
Explains the data lakehouse concept, Dremio's role as a platform, and Apache Iceberg's function as a table format for modern data architectures.
A tutorial on integrating the SimpleRPC framework with SvelteKit 1.0 and TypeScript to create a type-safe RPC API.
A tutorial on building a todo list application using the Solid Start meta-framework for SolidJS, covering setup, routing, and data handling.
A tutorial on building a GraphQL API within a Solid-Start application, covering setup, schema definition, and resolvers.
A tutorial on building a Solid-Start application with an integrated tRPC API, covering setup, schema definition, and client generation.
A guide to configuring Apache Spark for use with the Apache Iceberg table format, covering packages, flags, and programmatic setup.
