Data systems

What is common between Apache Iceberg, SlateDB and object-store-first table formats? Explored with real examples.

Standards improve interoperability. Reusable libraries built around standards drive adoption. Key papers and real-world examples.

Multi-step workflows offered as a service enhance developer productivity significantly. Notes on the Netherite paper.

Decoupling storage and compute has significant cost benefits. A survey of papers exploring how this changes system design.

Checkpoints are essential for stream processing to reduce downtime during fault recovery and scale-out. A summary of the key papers.

F1 Query solves similar use cases as Presto but with a distinct design. Notes on the paper and how the two compare.

Presto is a distributed SQL query engine with a distinct architecture. Notes covering both the original and the Meta-scale evolution paper.

The analytics stack for a company requires several technologies that complement each other. Notes on Uber's real-time data infrastructure paper.