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.
610 articles from this blog
A guide to integrating Dremio's data platform with the Windsurf AI code editor for enhanced data querying, pipeline generation, and application development.
A guide to integrating Dremio's data platform with the Zed code editor for enhanced data querying, pipeline generation, and application development.
A guide to integrating Dremio's data lakehouse platform with Amazon Kiro's AI IDE for data querying, app building, and pipeline generation.
A tutorial on using Dremio's AI_CLASSIFY SQL function to categorize data like customer sentiment and support tickets directly within a data lakehouse.
Tutorial on using Dremio's AI_COMPLETE SQL function to generate product summaries, marketing copy, and translations directly within a data pipeline.
Tutorial on using Dremio's AI_GENERATE SQL function to extract structured data from unstructured text like emails and contracts.
Guide on connecting PostgreSQL to Dremio Cloud for federated queries, analytics acceleration, and building a semantic layer without data movement.
Guide on connecting MySQL to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics, eliminating ETL pipelines and improving query performance.
Guide on connecting Oracle Database to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics without data movement, covering setup, optimization, and AI integration.
Guide on connecting Microsoft SQL Server to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics, avoiding ETL and reducing license costs.
Guide on connecting IBM Db2 to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics and AI, enabling real-time queries without data migration.
Guide on connecting SAP HANA to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics, enabling queries across SAP and non-SAP data sources without data movement.
Guide on connecting Amazon S3 to Dremio Cloud to query data lakes with SQL, federation, and AI-powered analytics.
Guide on connecting Azure Storage to Dremio Cloud to query data lakes with SQL and AI, avoiding costs of Azure Synapse.
Guide on connecting Amazon Redshift to Dremio Cloud for federated queries, AI analytics, and cost optimization.
Guide to connecting Google BigQuery with Dremio Cloud for federated, multi-cloud analytics and cost optimization without moving data.
Guide on connecting Snowflake to Dremio Cloud to federate queries, accelerate performance, and reduce Snowflake compute costs.
Guide to federating Azure Synapse Analytics with Dremio Cloud for multi-cloud analytics, query acceleration, and unified governance without data movement.
Guide on connecting Vertica analytics database to Dremio Cloud for data federation, cost reduction, and modern analytics workflows.
Guide on using Dremio Cloud to run SQL analytics on MongoDB document data, enabling joins, flattening, and federation.
