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Hosted by Alex Merced

Episodes

33

Latest episode

Dec 2025

Language

EN

About the show

Welcome to "SELECT * FROM data.lake;," the podcast where data enthusiasts and tech aficionados gather each week for deep dives into the ever-expansive world of data lakes and data lakehouses. Join your host, Alex Merced, as he embarks on a journey to unlock the untapped potential of these powerful data repositories. Follow on twitter: - Alex @amdatalakehouse blogs: - https://www.dremio.com/blogs Other Podcasts to Check Out: - Gnarly Data Waves - DataNation - In the Grand Schema of Things

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December 5, 202512 min

The Dremio Agentic Lakehouse - AI, Apache Iceberg, and more

In this NotebookLM-generated episode, you'll hear a discussion of the new Dremio Cloud, and its features for enabling accessible agentic AI for the business.Try Dremio Free for 30 days at: https://www.dremio.com/get-started

October 17, 202529 min

Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?

Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com

September 26, 20258 min

Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent

Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space.Buy Alex Merced's latest book "Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse" use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount.https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouseFollow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com

September 5, 202514 min

Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer

x Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them.Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.comFREE Book - Apache Iceberg: The Definitive GuideFREE Book - Apache Polaris: The Definitive GuideArchitecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse (50% off with code MLMerced)Find all of Alex Merced's blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com

June 11, 202517 min

Data News: Snowflake/Databricks, Apache Iceberg v3

Alex talking about latest announcementsFollow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data

November 5, 20241 min

BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)

Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups

October 29, 20248 min

Dremio 25.2 - Hybrid Lakehouse Catalog, Unity and Polaris connectors, Dark Mode

Alex Merced discusses the new features released in Dremio version 25.2. Try Dremio with this Tutorial: https://drmevn.fyi/youtubelakehouse102924

August 20, 202411 min

21 - The Value Propositions of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform

Alex Merced discussed many of the value proposition of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform such as: Data Virtualization Query Federation Semantic Layer Fast Performance Data Governance Data Lakehouse Query Acceleration Get hands-on with Dremio with this exercise: Intro to Dremio & Iceberg Free Apache Iceberg Crash Course

July 9, 20242 min

FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course

Register for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1 Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-bookMy social and blog links: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

June 18, 20246 min

20 - Data Sharing in the Dremio Lakehouse

Alex Merced talks about how Data Sharing is possible using the Dremio Data Lakehouse Platform. Follow Alex, find links at https://bio.alexmerced.com/data

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