In The Grand Schema of Things

By Alex Merced Podcasts

Welcome to "In The Grand Schema of Things," the podcast where your host, Alex Merced, takes you on an exhilarating journey through the captivating world of Data Tech History and Concepts. Join us as w... more

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In The Grand Schema of Things episodes:

October 17, 2025 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
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September 26, 2025 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-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
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9min
September 05, 2025 Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
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June 30, 2025 Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
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June 11, 2025 Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3
Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
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May 27, 2025 Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book!
Go to the DataLakehouseHub.com and join my Slack Community Download Free Iceberg Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725iceberg Download Free Polaris Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725Polaris
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April 06, 2025 Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
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February 21, 2025 Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?
Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog
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December 30, 2024 2025, Data Lakehouse Looking Forward
Alex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/
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November 05, 2024 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
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FAQs about In The Grand Schema of Things:

How many episodes does In The Grand Schema of Things have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.