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.
501 articles from this blog
Guide on connecting any Apache Iceberg REST Catalog to Dremio Cloud for universal lakehouse data access and management.
Guide on integrating Apache Druid with Dremio Cloud to enable SQL joins, AI analytics, and governance for real-time data.
Guide on connecting AWS Glue Data Catalog to Dremio Cloud for querying and managing AWS Iceberg tables with full DML support and federation.
Guide on connecting Azure Storage to Dremio Cloud to query data lakes with SQL and AI, avoiding costs of Azure Synapse.
Guide to federating Azure Synapse Analytics with Dremio Cloud for multi-cloud analytics, query acceleration, and unified governance without data movement.
Guide on connecting Databricks Unity Catalog to Dremio Cloud to query Delta Lake tables with federation, AI analytics, and performance acceleration.
Guide on connecting self-managed Dremio Software to Dremio Cloud for hybrid data federation, enabling queries across on-prem and cloud data sources.
Guide to connecting Google BigQuery with Dremio Cloud for federated, multi-cloud analytics and cost optimization without moving data.
Guide on connecting IBM Db2 to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics and AI, enabling real-time queries without data migration.
Guide on connecting Microsoft SQL Server to Dremio Cloud for federated analytics, avoiding ETL and reducing license costs.
Guide on using Dremio Cloud to run SQL analytics on MongoDB document data, enabling joins, flattening, and federation.
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 PostgreSQL to Dremio Cloud for federated queries, analytics acceleration, and building a semantic layer without data movement.
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 Snowflake Open Catalog to Dremio Cloud for multi-engine Apache Iceberg analytics, federation, and cost optimization.
Guide on connecting Snowflake to Dremio Cloud to federate queries, accelerate performance, and reduce Snowflake compute costs.
Guide on connecting Vertica analytics database to Dremio Cloud for data federation, cost reduction, and modern analytics workflows.
Explains why AI data analytics fail without a semantic layer to define business metrics and ensure accurate, secure queries.
Explains the distinct roles of data catalogs and semantic layers in data architecture, arguing they are complementary tools.
