Introduction I started seeing LanceDB early in 2023, and my first thought was that it might be an attractive fit in the Apache Iceberg ecosystem or as a general replacement for the Parquet columnar file format. I was thinking too small, though. It is an in-process multi-model serverless vector database written…

Introduction I started seeing chatter about Apache SeaTunnel in early 2023 and was low-key keeping an eye on it. The project was started in 2017 as Waterdrop and grew out of the contributions from the creator of Apache Dolphin, which supports SeaTunnel as a task plugin. I had some initial issues…

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Introduction The California Voting Rights Act was passed in 2001 and has led to most cities switching from “at large” to “by district” voting. What that means is instead of voting for the entire city council, you live in a district, much like your voting districts for state and federal representation…

Introduction This blog assumes you know the data lake table formats; otherwise, it might not make much sense. Branching and tagging are an important feature of Apache Iceberg, released in February 2023 as part of version 1.2.0. They unlock a new world of use cases and are an exciting evolution to…

Introduction It has been a while since my last “What the heck is??” article, and I’ve recently seen some rapid growth from GlareDB and wanted to learn more. What really piqued my interest was the recent announcements of support for Apache Iceberg and a new hybrid execution model. So, what the…

Developer Relations/Advocacy, or “DevRel” is a relatively recent formalization of an activity that has been going on for decades now. When I had my own Linux software company from about 1999 to 2010 that was heavy on KDE, I would engage in this all the time. It was harder back…

Something strange is afoot in California Republican circles. As usual, disgraced Rancho Santa Margarita city councilman Tony Beall and his wife (Assemblywoman Laurie Davies chief of staff) Jennifer Beall are in the middle of it all. We know that both Tony and Jennifer have been found guilty of campaign finance…

Introduction When I did my first “What The Heck Is…?” on DuckDB a few months ago, I expected that to be a one-off, but then I ran across Malloy and did another one. Now I’ve run across PRQL (pronounced Prequel) which stands for “Pipelined Relational Query Language”, and I’m wondering what…