SELECT * FROM data.lake;
by Alex Merced
The Dremio Agentic Lakehouse - AI, Apache Iceberg, and more
About this podcast
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
Episodes
The newest 20 of 33 episodes
- The Dremio Agentic Lakehouse - AI, Apache Iceberg, and more · 12 minIn 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…
- Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like? · 30 minAlex 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
- Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent · 8 minAlex 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…
- Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer · 15 minx 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 • FREE Book…
- Data News: Snowflake/Databricks, Apache Iceberg v3 · 18 minAlex talking about latest announcements Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
- BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!) · 2 minRegister for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup…
- Dremio 25.2 - Hybrid Lakehouse Catalog, Unity and Polaris connectors, Dark Mode · 8 minAlex Merced discusses the new features released in Dremio version 25.2. Try Dremio with this Tutorial: https://drmevn.fyi/youtubelakehouse102924
- 21 - The Value Propositions of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform · 12 minAlex Merced discussed many of the value proposition of the Dremio Lakehouse Platform such as: • Data Virtualization • Query Federation • Semantic Layer • Fast Performance •…
- FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course · 2 minRegister for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1 Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-book My social and blog links…
- 20 - Data Sharing in the Dremio Lakehouse · 7 minAlex Merced talks about how Data Sharing is possible using the Dremio Data Lakehouse Platform. Follow Alex, find links at https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
- 19 - Data Virtualization + Semantic Layer + Data Lakehouse = Dremio · 10 minIn this episode, we dive deep into how Dremio combines data virtualization, a semantic layer, and a data lakehouse architecture to create a powerful platform for data analytics…
- What's new in Dremio 25.0? · 8 minAlex Merced talks about what's new in Dremio 25.0. Find several blogs on the new features and release at dremio.com/blog! https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
- 18 - What is a Semantic or Metrics Layer? · 7 minAlex Merced discusses what is a Semantic Layer? • Follow Dremio's Blog: https://www.dremio.com/blog • Build a Lakehouse on Your Laptop: https://bit.ly/am-dremio-lakehouse-laptop
- 17 - What is Data Ops? · 8 minAlex Merced discusses what DataOps is. Build a Data Lakehouse on Your Laptop Deploy Deploy into Production
- 16 - Apache Iceberg Writes in Python are Now a Thing! · 4 minAlex Merced discusses the newest release of pyIceberg and its implications. • Create a Data Lakehouse on Your Laptop • Deploy a Dremio Lakehouse into Production • Follow Me on…
- 15 - Data Lakehouse FUD (Conversations around Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi and Delta Lake) · 13 minRead my reflections in this blog: https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/table-format-fud-thinking-through Follow me on social: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
- Bonus: New Youtube Channel, State of the Data Lakehouse · 3 minFind all my data resources below: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data Listen to the State of the Data Lakehouse Podcast Here…
- 14 - Data Trends - Decentralization (Lakehouse, Virtualization, Data Mesh) · 6 minGet Started with Dremio for Free Today: https://bit.ly/am-dremio-get-started-podcasts Try Out Dremio/Apache Iceberg on your Laptop: https://bit.ly/am-dremio-lakehouse-laptop
- 13 - Game Changer: Dremio's Incremental Reflections and Reflection Recommendations · 10 minAlex Merced discusses some of the new innovations at Dremio in particular Reflection Recommendations and Incremental Refreshes that aim to make managing an easy to use data…
- 12 - Dremio's Columnar Cloud Cache (C3) · 7 minAlex Merced discusses caching and Dremio's Columnar Cloud Cache feature. Get Started with Dremio for Free Today: https://bit.ly/am-dremio-get-started-podcasts Try Out…







